A group of Virginia high schoolers couldn’t attend their prom when a change in venues limited the number of tickets sold to the annual event.
Tickets for Midlothian High School’s prom were sold out within days of being available after the school officials advertised a week-long sale to its students for the yearly tradition, according to WTVR.
Students and parents at the Chesterfield County school were dumbfounded because they were never told the tickets would be limited.
Others were confused after they assumed the senior dues they paid in the fall included entry to the dance.
“All seniors and their dates should get a prom ticket,” one parent said, the outlet reported. “Absolute failure to these seniors.”
Another mother wrote that her son was left without a date after his longtime girlfriend wasn’t “allocated a ticket.”
“Many seniors are WITHOUT tickets for their OWN PROM,” the frustrated parent wrote. “There is so much chaos surrounding this subject that the school has just stopped responding about it. I’m so sad for them.”
The prom, opened to both juniors and seniors, was held May 4 at the Hippodrome Theater in…
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