California school cracks down on 'prom draft'

[Jenoch]

24. I agree with the principal.

This 'draft' is not a good idea. Sure, the girls can turn down the boy who chose them, but what about the girls who are at the bottom of the draft?

I grew up in a small town that had an unusual prom, but at the time I did not know how unusual it was.

The prom started with a member of the local Kiwanis club picking up two couples. The prom couples did not drive anywhere on their own the entire night. The driver took them to a banquet at the local ballroom. The prom attendees did not take their dates to restaurants. The ballroom was also the location of the dance that went from 9p - midnight. After that, the Kiwanis divers returned to pick up the couples and brought them to the drive-in theater. (I guess that reveals that I am sort of old.) The Kiwanis drivers spent the time at the drive-in watching the movies in other cars parked at the far reaches of the drive-in.

After the movie, about 2:30am the couples are driven back to the high school where games are played such as a 'casino night' with prizes. At about 5 am the couples are taken to a local park where they enjoy a pancake feed. Once the night starts, nobody gets to leave and go off on their own unless they have to go to the ER. The only time any drinking happens, and it did, is at the drive-in.