HURON DANCE POLICY
(From "Huron High: A Guide for the 2007-2008 School Year")

Student’s responsibilities:
1. All dances will be held from 8:00–11:00 pm.

2. Parents are responsible for picking up their students within 15 minutes after the dance ends.

3. Dances are open only to registered students of Huron High.

4. Once students enter the dance, they must stay. If students leave the dance, they may not return.

5. Alcohol, smoking, illegal substances are prohibited.

6. School officials may request a student take a breath-alcohol test only if there is reasonable suspicion the student has consumed alcohol.

7. Violations of state laws such as drinking or disorderly conduct will be referred to the police on duty for legal action.

8. Proper dress is expected at all dances. Attire with lettering or drawings which depict sexually suggestive expressions/actions, profanity,drugs, alcohol, or which degrade the integrity of the individual or others is prohibited.

9. DO NOT BRING VALUABLES TO DANCES. THERE IS NO STORAGE PROVIDED. IF YOU DO, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.

10. Students must show ticket at door/gate. Guests must be on the guest list.

11. Students must show valid student ID card.

12. There are no refunds on dance tickets.

13. Students refusing to follow dance rules will have their parents called to come and get them. They will be disqualified from attending future dances for the remainder of the school year.

14. There will be no provocative or lewd dancing
a. No Lap dancing
b. No dancing on the knees

15. MOST IMPORTANTLY , BE REASONABLE AND USE COMMON SENSE.


Guest pass and policy procedure:
1. Any student wishing to bring a guest from another school must follow guess pass procedures. Guest forms are available in Grade Class offices.

2. All guests must adhere to the the dance policies and Ann Arbor Public School Student Rights & Responsibilities code of conduct. Safety - Students are not permitted to sit in parked cars or loiter in the parking lot.


Administrative responsibilities:
1. Police supervision will be required at all dances.

2. The organization hosting the dance must have at least 15 chaperones present per shift at all dances.

3. Lights may be semi-off during the dance (in designated areas). At any point if there is inappropriate dancing, and students fail to change the dancing, the lights will be turned on and will remain on for the rest of the dance.

4. Staff will supervise students.

5. Prior to hosting a dance groups must met with administrators to have the policy and procedures explained.

6. Administrators should meet with chaperones and explain assignments and guidelines before dance.

7. All dances must have a minimum of 15-20 chaperones at any given time.


Chaperone assignments and guidelines:
1. Chaperones will be assigned a designated location such as: check in area, food & drink area, dance floor, outside "back" areas.

2. Chaperones may rotate designated locations and assignments but a location or assignment should not be left unattended for more than a few minutes.

3. We ask that all the late shift chaperones plan to stay until the event is over and, if possible, for an additional 15 minutes to help begin the clean up process.

4. If you have a need to leave your assigned area, or if you have a problem in your area, please find the administrator designated as a troubleshooter for that event.

5. We do not expect nor want chaperones to discipline students.

6. No matter what the assignment, maintain an appropriate state of casual watchfulness.

7. We do want chaperones to be the eyes and ears for school policies and safety measures, but not enforcers.

8. Chaperones should be flexible and able to respond to directions from administrators as the evening progresses.


Disc Jockey (DJ) responsibilities: (all music must be approved by school administrator or school representative):

1. Will use only clean radio edits or songs which students can fill in the blanks.

2. Will not play anything the school administrators feel is inappropriate for the evening or age group (including explicit language or suggestive sayings).

3. Will not allow students behind the DJ table due to the amount of wiring on the floor.

4. Will stop the music immediately if:
a. a disruption in the crowd develops
b. asked to by an administrator of the school
c. there is fighting, or throwing objects
d. if anything that could injure someone is occurring

5. D.J. must respond to directions from administrators.