Union Grove High School Needs Modern Day Patrick Swayze


This screams for a student response from Union Grove High School , along with the incarnation of the modern-day Patrick Swayze.

Like many educators nationwide, administrators at a Wisconsin high school are aiming to curb risque moves at an upcoming school dance. To assure that Union Grove High School students do not get too footloose, school brass have issued official dance rules for the January 30 winter formal. The rules outlaw “sexual bending” and the touching of breasts, buttocks, or genitals. Leg straddling is also verboten. Additionally, students are on notice that “Both feet must remain on the dance floor at all times.” Which appears to rule out performances of the Charleston, Electric Slide, and Cha-Cha. The dance “will be videotaped to insure the safety of all students attending,” the rules note, though Union Grove administrators could presumably review the film for provocative moves that were initially missed by monitors.

3 thoughts on “Union Grove High School Needs Modern Day Patrick Swayze

  1. Jenn

    Personally I think the rules are uncalled for, and stupid. As a graduate of Union Grove High School, I know that these rules have always been around – yet never really enforced. The chaperones/teachers have always frowned on sexual behaviors that may or may not be expressed through the students dancing styles. The way the rules are written seem to be a joke in itself. “Both feet must remain on the floor.”—please explain to me how the Cha-Cha & Electric Slides will be done? I understand where the concern is coming from, but seriously – this is a high school dance, and these are kids…let them have a little fun & enjoy their dance. I was able to enjoy my dances at UGHS, so should everyone else. I also have a sibling who currently attends UGHS & he has choosen not to attend the event because of the rules. And at this rate, the idea of Prom isnt even appealing to these kids, think about that. Although,I would like to congradulate Hermann for getting a little town in the middle of the cornfields into the spotlight…NOT! In all honesty, I did laugh when I read that UGHS was an “all boys school” from what Leno said, I got a kick out of it, its definitely coed, but it did add to the humor of the whole situation.This school has bigger things to worry about besides the way the students are dancing at the dance, example 1: pay a little more attention to how many of these kids come to the event completely drunk and/or stoned.I view that as more of an issue for the school, as opposed to way the students dance.

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