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Posted: 9:34 PM May 9, 2008
Last Updated: 9:34 PM May 9, 2008
Reporter: Associated Press

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Authorities say a group of parents rented a bus to take their kids to Saline High School's junior-senior prom, then got on board and drank beer in the parking lot.
Officials at the school in Washtenaw County's Pittsfield Township say about 15 parents were joined by other adults Saturday. Deputy Director Elizabeth McGuire of the township police says they could face misdemeanor charges of consuming alcohol on school grounds.
Superintendent Scot Graden tells The Ann Arbor News the parents were discovered after a student was caught at the prom with alcohol. He says the student was on the bus at some point during the evening, but won't say if that's where the student got his alcohol.
Graden says there's no evidence that any of the students who took the bus knew the parents were going to drink.

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Posted by: Shelly Location: Michigan on May 10, 2008 at 04:42 PM
What kind of example are these parents to their kids though? That's the point. Really good role models? I guess I would want my kids to "do as I do" not "do as I say". Kids will always mirror what their parents do and these ones were certainly not being making good choices. Sounds like they really wanted this bus for themselves and not really thinking of the kids prom. Even though it was only beer---if they see mom and dad doing it---they are going to do it!

Posted by: LegallyRad Location: Lansing on May 10, 2008 at 02:59 PM
Furnishing alcohol to minors is a crime, Matt. And besides, what parents are so lame that they have to party at their kids' prom.

Posted by: Matt Location: Pittsfield Twp. on May 9, 2008 at 11:42 PM
How is this even a crime? A group of adults, on a bus (so, they're not drinking and driving, right), have a few beers while their kids are at the prom. Big deal. And one kid gets caught with beer; what a shocker! If this prom was anything like mine or any other in America, beer was the least potent substance consumed that night. People need to get a life.

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