Freshmen not allowed going to Prom 2015

Taylor Eutsey, 15, is just returning home at 6:30am. Her and her boyfriend, Michael Baird, just spent a night full of games, dancing, and fun together. Baird took Eutsey to prom as a freshman and she said, “I had the time of my life.”

This year, however, freshmen are prohibited from attending the Southmoreland High School prom. They won’t be able to have the same experience that Eutsey and many underclassmen before her had. In the past few years, upperclassmen asking freshmen and sophomores to prom has become more common, but it won’t be this year.

The 2015 prom will be the first freshmenless prom for Southmoreland in what seems like forever.

“I don’t care about freshmen not going to prom,” said Alexis Evon, “I’m not a freshman and I’m not going to prom, so it doesn’t affect me.”

However, it does affect her even though she’s a sophomore; it affects all of us that will attend a prom prior to this year’s at Southmoreland. Evon isn’t the only one with this mind set; a lot of upperclassmen feel that way, but every freshman, sophomore, and junior should care about this because it does affect them.

Prom can’t be paid for if people don’t show up. Somewhere between 20 and 30 freshmen and sophomores combined attended last year’s prom at Southmoreland. By not even giving them the opportunity to go, the number of prom attendees will drop. In turn, the price of prom tickets will increase because that is how prom is paid for. Not only will they lose freshmen attendees, but also any upperclassmen that wants to go with someone in the freshman class may decide not to go since they can’t take who they want.

However, that’s why several students think freshmen aren’t allowed to go to prom anymore. Perhaps they don’t want the upperclassmen to influence or “disrupt” the freshmen; maybe they don’t trust them with the freshmen. Or maybe this year’s freshmen class cannot be trusted in the eye of the school.

“I think it’s stupid that we can’t go to prom,” said Courtney Cominsky, “Everything is so different with the freshmen this year compared to the other grades.”

Cominsky feels as if this year’s freshman class “got jipped.” Her, as well as many of her fellow classmates, think that they are missing out on things that upperclassmen have the opportunity to do. One opportunity they will be missing out on is the experience Eutsey was able to have her freshman year. Prom.

Keera Frye

I'm a senior at Southmoreland and an editor. I participate in many extra curricular activities and enjoy telling people's stories.
Keera Frye
About Keera Frye
I'm a senior at Southmoreland and an editor. I participate in many extra curricular activities and enjoy telling people's stories.

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