Bob's View
Dry Grad
For months now very time I purchased a bottle of wine I have been asked Would you like to contribute to
the Dry Grad. Frankly I got tried of hearing this. On one such occasion I responded to the question with NO
I don't believe I need to pay for their party when you know they will drink anyways. The cashier responded with Yes
but I will be fired if I don't ask you.
In my view all events involving a high school should be free of any kind of acholol. We are insinulating that unless we pitch in with our hard earned dollars these school children will have to have a WET grad. Heck if they can afford our tax laden acholol they can also afford to pay for their own dry grad.
If they can not afford their own grad get out and earn the money. Hold a car wash have a silent action Don't relay on the general public to pay for your party. Thats not teaching our graduating students the essence of life.
Take a close look at this. Student who abuse acholol will do so,regardless of the rules applied at a school function.
Dry grad is just a way of letting some one esle pay for your party. We already pay school taxes, property tax and huge acholol taxes.
Look at the incident in
New Brunswick's
where 45 students were taken on a field trip and 39 of them were suspended for drinking.
The responsiability in teaching our younger citizen about the proper use of
alcohol
and the necesssity of obeying school rules lies with the parent. According to the website In the Know Zone 88% of high school students drink.24.5 %
have serious drinking problems.
Alvin Poussaint, M.D. and Susan Linn, Ed.D.have studied the problems associated with high school Proms and drinking
They strongly recommend parents talk with their children about the problems associated with drinking as they extent far beyound drinking and driving. Please see this website.
I started Bob's view by objecting to paying for a High Scool Gradulation party I would prefer that they asked for
funds to support an education program for students about Responsiable Drinking.
Weather a child drinks on prom night is not the issue nor can the problem of excesss high school drinking be solved by a
"DRY" grad . It takes a continues effort by the parent and educators to instill in the minds of our youth
that you can have fun without been drunk.
Curtaining the amount of Money a student has to spend on Prom night provides a safer enviroment.
Providing a free social evening paid for by someone else leaves the student with more cash in their pocket to make those unwanted purchases.
Some schools have forbidden the use of personal vechiles and
limousines for graduation events.. Instead school buses are provide
or parents must drive the students.
As many educators and politicians have said we can not stop our students from drinking but we as parents can educate them on the dangers involved.
The question is not weather a dry grd is a good idea the question is Who should pay.
When I asked to Liquor board what exactly the money collected provided they stated that they simply turned the money over to the school board. Below is how the school board answered the question of what the money was used for:
The practice may vary from school to school but the intent is to use the money to offset the costs of hosting Dry Grad events. Dry Grad events are sponsored by parents in order to provide a safe, alcohol free location for all grads to go to. Since it is a voluntary event, in order to make it attractive, there are significant costs that go into decoration, activities, food, and prizes. It would not be unusual for a dry grad committee to raise $20,000 for their event. The money that comes to the committee through fund-raising, corporate donations, or a a fee levied to parents is all spent on the activity itself, although some schools have a practice of holding a small amount for start-up costs for the following year. One year, when one school had money left over and they put it into some scholarships for the grads.
Hope this helps!
Lisa Catallo Business Administration Department Secretary Treasurer's Office
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