Re: your June 10 article, "Toast before prom leads to suspensions":
Shame on the parents of those Newbury Park High School seniors who found it necessary to serve champagne to their children so they could "toast their senior prom."
Seriously, toasting the senior prom with champagne? The senior prom is a voluntary extracurricular activity and one in which prior to purchasing tickets all participants were required to sign forms stating their knowledge of the "no tolerance" policies of the high school and the Skirball Center. These same students knew the consequences of any infraction prior to making that toast, yet they chose to sip champagne provided to them by the adults present.
Are these the same parents who will host graduation parties for their children and supply alcohol for them there -- all under the guise of "at least we know where they are drinking and can keep them safe?" Drinking under the age of 21 is against the law, as is providing alcohol to minors.
I applaud the administration of Newbury Park High School for making rules and sticking to them. What are we teaching our future generation if we allow them to break the rules and still reap all the benefits afforded to those who follow the rules?
Congratulations to those seniors who attended prom and made the right choices. They are the ones who should be allowed to walk with their heads held high at graduation.
-- Jenny Murry, Moorpark