Prom Without Grinding? Waukesha Schools Could Enact Ban Soon
The Waukesha School Board is looking at ways to keep dirty dancing out of the high schools.
Waukesha School Board Member Karin Rajnicek was shocked when she learned what grinding was – and that it happens at school dances in Waukesha. “I had to Google grinding,” Rajnicek said. “I prayed actually after I saw what it looked like and what people were doing because I wanted those images out of my head. … We wouldn’t let it happen during the hallway during school, we wouldn’t let it happen at an activity after hours or at an athletic event or any other time.” Grinding is essentially a dance involving close contact and simulated sexual moves. Other high schools have cracked down on the dirty dancing, and the Waukesha School District could institute a ban before prom. The policy still has to go before the Waukesha School Board, …
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Kathy Miller
12:31 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
A petition with 80 names on it? What is that, like less than 10% of the enrollment? If those kids want to do that type of dancing and their parents don't care let them do it elsewhere. Peer pressure can be great or it can be horrible, depending on the situation. The school has every right to ban the dancing, just as it has the right to seperate kids necking in the halls or groping each other … more ›