If anything changes, Hershman said, parents won t hesitate to change course. When students sign up for tickets, not only are they required to agree to a code of conduct asking them to mask and social-distance, among following other COVID and general safety measures, they re required to acknowledge that if the state of the pandemic worsens, parents reserve the right to cancel. We want to keep our community as safe as possible, Hershman said.
To Kjorlien, it means the world. The class of 2021 kind of got ripped off, Kjorlien said. Having this prom is going to give us the closure we need this year that we can t really get at school because of COVID.
At Stevens Point Area Senior High School s prom this year, students, dressed in gowns and suits, will gather for dinner and entertainment but no dancing.
In Oconomowoc, dancing will be permitted, but the DJ has been instructed to only play social distancing-friendly songs. The music will be turned off, an administrator warned, if the dance floor gets too crowded.
In Elmbrook, students will be required to test negative for COVID-19 on the morning of prom. And at an Eau Claire high school, students will attend their prom in three separate shifts.
Across Wisconsin, high schools are adapting prom plans in many ways as another strange, pandemic-era school year nears its end.