New Trier Hopes for Best, Prepares for Worst at Prom
Saturday night's prom returns to the Hyatt Regency downtown with an uptick in attendance, as school takes safety precautions.
This Saturday night, New Trier High School – after a one-year hiatus – returns to the downtown Hyatt Regency Chicago to stage its junior and senior prom. It’s a return to a traditional venue, after last year's prom was moved to Rosemont for financial reasons. More than 1,200 tickets have been sold for this year’s gathering, according to Gail Gamrath, an adviser to the girls of the junior class. This represents a sharp increase of about 100 additional tickets compared to last year's attendance at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Some said that the heightened interested can be traced to the new opportunity for students to get into the city. It was only in 2010 that New Trier students were last at the Hyatt, and so with a better rate…
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10:34 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
“students are subject to a random breathalyzer, and if there is a suspicion of alcohol use, organizers have the equipment available to test for alcohol." wow. thats some scary police-state tactics. no wonder kids today have so much trouble leaving the nest more ›