NORTHBOROUGH – In what Principal Sean Bevan called a “shift,” the Algonquin Regional High School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is retiring the Junior Post-Prom Party. The event – which, as its name suggests, goes into the early-morning hours after prom – had been running for at least 30 years, according to Bevan.
“Students are just not as interested in an overnight lock-in event as they were when we were younger, perhaps,” Bevan told the Regional School Committee on March 18. “Their attitudes about this event have changed, which we see in low enrollments or late enrollments.”
The event’s purpose was to provide a drug-free environment for juniors after prom, keeping students safe on a night that has a high incidence of alcohol-related car accidents, risky behavior, and impaired decision-making among teenagers. The event was previously held at the New England Sports Center and Apex Entertainment…