Prom policy questioned

Prom is a time for young lady to shine and to bring a tear to her mother’s eyes because of her beauty.
To a boy prom is a time to worry about how to put the corsage on and hope the tie doesn’t strangle him.
I’m writing this in hope that upcoming seniors and junior don’t face what two families are dealing with right now.
A boy and girl — both seniors, at least according to the attendance roster. The boy currently is not in school. The school was very flexible in keeping him there but he just didn’t go.
The girl is a beautiful cheerleader with a GPA of higher than 4.0.
The girl found out April 7 that her boyfriend couldn’t go to prom, which is Saturday.
The reasons are: he didn’t meet the criteria and he didn’t leave in good standing. Correct me if I’m wrong but how can you be on the attendance roster and be a dropout at the same time.
Did you know that a game can be determined on a technicality, a murderer can get off on a technicality, but a boy can’t go to prom on a technicality?
I was told by school officials they try to keep consistent with the guest list as in who can come and not, but I don’t believe they have.
I was told my son wasn’t making any effort to show he wanted to go to prom. What boy actually wants to go to prom? Usually they are going just to make the girl there with happy. Then in the same sentence he told me that even if had come in it wouldn’t have changed his decision.
In closing I hope this doesn’t happen to any up and coming class members.
I also hope it doesn’t bother the administrators’ sleep at the thoughts of what they are taking away from a young girl and boy — the prom, a one time opportunity to shine, just to prove that they have the authority to do so.
Thank you
Linda Kauffman
Portland

FFA thanks
To the editor:
This year’s annual Jay County FFA Parent-Member Banquet was another big success.
We cannot thank everyone enough for what they do for the FFA program.
Thanks to all the area businesses and Jay County residents who donated in any way to our student auction and banquet.
We would like to thank Pete Shawver and his sons for auctioneering the student work experience auction.  
Thanks to the Purdue Alumni and Agriculture Advisory Board who prepared our delicious pork chops and the Jay School Corporation cooks who prepared the delicious meal.
Congratulations to Joe Glentzer for being named this year’s FFA Honorary Member; Stephanie Schwieterman, Deidre Chenoweth, Katie Link, and Steve Alig for receiving the Michael A. Alig FFA Memorial renewable Scholarship; and Megan Taylor for receiving the Dr. Jim Wasson Redkey Vet Clinic Records Scholarship and the DeKalb Award.  
We are very proud of all our students and what they have accomplished.   Many awards were given out this year.
We hope that all who attended enjoyed the evening as we honored and acknowledged both our young and old in the field of agriculture.
Because of the generosity of our community, the Jay County FFA has been able to grant scholarships to numerous FFA members over the years.
This is our largest number of FFA members ever.
In addition we have been able to involve even more students in various judging teams and area competitions.
We are extremely proud of the achievements and efforts of our FFA members.
We are proud to be a part of this wonderful and supportive community. Again thanks to all who have made this year’s banquet a big success. Your support is truly appreciated.
Melissa Muhlenkamp,
Brittany Bridges and
Cody Linville
Jay County High School
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