Head refuses to reward Year 11’s with a July Prom? Any ideas?

FFS - children in a year group bubble can spend time together for education, the exact same group can socialise - covid doesn't know if you are on school lunch or a prom. By July, we should be allowed wedding parties etc. There is no reason for no prom, unless the road map slips and it has to be cancelled/rescheduled. Which if thats an acceptable risk for other large events, why not this one?

And no, if the school won't send out letters to all the parents or share contact details, then even if the parents organise things like halls, dj, catering, it won't be possible to give everyone the opportunity to go. A private end of school event will end up being cliquey.

Its really shitty. Most schools round here are arranging proms / leavers balls for year 11 and year 13s. Can you get an email to the chair of governors saying you are happy to arrange the venue /entertainment etc but would need the school to send out emails / letters to all parents to allow everyone to have a chance to attend, not just the children of parents you know? Make it clear you will arrange a leaving event, the question is do some get left out or does everyone get invited. (They can decide themselves if they feel comfortable attending)

Arent most of the students staying on for sixth form?

I really am beyong belief that you think the head is being unfair not to hand out contact details for 300 kids and their parents!

I've organised a few proms, they take many months of preparation - not just a case of book the venue - throw in girls with dresses/hair/makeup/car hire etc etc and what sounds like a good night for £30 ends up costing most families a good few hundred quid. Which at such short notice is going to be out of reach for many now.

Throw in Covid, a risk assessment or 10, insurance for you as the organiser (you know, in case of teenagers doing something stupid) and you really will regret trying to pull this together in a few weeks.

Prom isn't the be-all and end all of secondary school. Yes, it's crap they won't get something many of them will have been looking forward to. But they've had a year or more of not getting stuff they should usually be experiencing, and a lifetime to catch up.

FWIW my usual prom venue is currently set up as a vaccine centre - they still have our deposit from last summer when the y11s really got a shitty deal.

When my dsis left school she had a roller disco.. our year- year below were escorted off premises by policeva day early - we were a challenging year.

So the last day i am left wondering if your Dd year is challenging too.

Schools are having a bloody hard time. They aren't even able to move around the school.

My ds is year9 and won't have gone on a high school trip till at least year 10.. Thats life for now i am afraid.

They absolutely couldn't give you contact details

Why would the HT want to risk the outcry of being condemned as spreading the virus through a prom she approved. Each to their own bug I'd be delighted to get a free pass.

We didn't get a leavers' disco because the year above us (notorious for being one of the worst years in memory) were too badly behaved at theirs, logical....
Surely a private event can be organised

The roadmap plans for restrictions to be lifted after June 21st as long as the data shows that it is safe to do so.

There is no set in stone date for this, there is no set 8n stone definition of exactly what restrictions will be lifted.

Don't be naive. There is absolutely no guarantee all restrictions will be lifted
In July: have you not been watching the news? Mixing for work and education I get. A prom? No way

She's probably prioritising spending time and money on catching children up after lock down. I'm sure she hasn't got time to be party planning as well, or worse, end up somehow responsible if others take over and something goes wrong. Agree you should just organise a party yourselves.

Dc’s school isn’t having a prom either.

What if you spend shit loads of money on a venue, food, drink, entertainment, kids get dresses and suits only for restrictions to be tightened again an no groups indoors?

Are you even allowed an event as big as a prom under current restrictions? Bearing in mind you aren’t the only ones, we’re talking every school in the country having big parties for year 6, year 11 and year 12. Not comparable to test events or sporting event.

I don't think anyone knows when restrictions will be lifted such that a prom is allowed.

So sounds like the head doesn't want to spend time and raise hopes for something that might not happen. Can't blame them really.

A prom would be a massive risk. Who would get the blame if several students came down with Covid? I suspect it would be the head, for allowing the prom to go ahead.

Have you not got a parents page on Facebook for the school year group run by parents?
You could set one up and get everyone to invite everyone else to join the page and see if many people are interested?

I would say it was a bonus, they are over priced and over rated.

Absolute madness. I am literally staggered that you think the Head is in the wrong here. And you genuinely think she should hand over the whole year group's confidential contact details?
I support the poor bloody woman wholly - you need to get your priorities straight.

All the Secondary schools around here are having proms

I don't know of any proms at our local secondary schools this year.

Think my eldest is secretly relieved at no dressing up, not being cool, possible dancing.

You know its schools job to educate not plan and provide parties?