Public School Dances Banned Because of Kids Drunk or On Drugs
Nova Scotia high school bans dances
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/08/nova-scotia-high-school-bans-dances
“A high school in Sydney, N.S., has cancelled all school dances indefinitely after drunk and violent students got out of control.”
“Sydney Academy is just the latest in a long list of Nova Scotia high schools to impose dance bans because of risks posed by rowdy teens…”
“‘It really was scary,’ he said.”
“A significant number of kids showed up either drunk or on drugs, he said, and fights broke out everywhere. One kid punched another in the face and broke his nose ‘for no apparent reason…’”
“If we didn’t have cruisers there, that could have been very ugly.”
“Some 25 to 30 of the 600 students at the dance were suspended and some even went home in the backs of police cars. Deveaux believes there were plenty more students under the influence who didn’t get busted.“
“He said there were four police officers, six security guards and 15 to 20 chaperones at the dance ‘and it still wasn’t enough.’”
“The crux of the problem, he believes, is twofold: Parents and society at large have become far too tolerant of underage drinking, and students don’t suffer any serious consequences for their actions…”
Drinking, fighting prompt school dance ban
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/06/07/ns-sydney-dance-drinking.html
No charges laid?
Letting kids get away with illegal activity is not doing them any favors.
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