and we wonder why other countries school systems are better. who remembers the movie footloose? and btw, the terms "bump n grind" and "dirty dancing" are passe. and furthermore, i bet hlaf the kids that didnt go told there parents they went and wound up at a party. drinking,smoking and having sex.

getalong- I don't understand you're comment. Are you trying to state that other countries school systems are better than the U.S because they(other countries) allow explicit behavior at dances or the other school systems are less tolerent? Either way, wouldn't you agree that kids are, or should be, a reflection of their parents. School systems and teachers should not be put in the position of teaching our children manners and morals.

When I went to Colfax, I didn't even bother going to any of the dances, with the exception of my senior prom...but that one was crap anyways.

This was partially because they were a) lame, b) a waste of money, and c) all of the skanky girls (and there were a lot) grinding on their boyfriends made me sick. 15-17 year olds shouldn't be doing that kind of stuff, just look at Miley Cyrus! WHERE are these kids' parents, and why aren't they teaching them better behavior?! It's pathetic, really.

and getalong...if your assumption is correct, then I'm fairly sure that the kids you're talking about (the ones drinking, smoking, and having underage sex) will be the next wave of juvenile offenders, who grow up to be useless and worthless members of society, like so many before them (including perhaps their parents).

other countries first of all dont have "dances" and secondly if they did, this sort of thing wouldn't be an issue. the behavior isn't explicit its by comparison no different than elvis the pelvis of that day. and i totally agree reflection of parenting should be clear but we should as well agree that kids just want to have fun and let loose. when i was in high school and junior high for that matter, this very same thing was an issue. instead of ruling kids out for behavior, why not rule them in by grades? say, a student must have a 3.0 gpa to attend? if we use a strength based program for promotion we will gain more respect and trust than using a fear based denial to disclude. the kids will see our schools as being stuffy, exclusionary to their rights, uptight, not understanding, and in general something they dont want to be a part of.

maybe i'm nuts i dont know.

Isnt this the same thing they said about Elvis years ago and dancing?..my my we have come full circle the puritans at work again I guess there must not be much else going on....

Really, so auburnite you would want YOUR child humping around on someone at a school dance? Something that we ALL KKNOW is sexually stimulating to lead to what? Nothing? I don't think it has anything to do with being a puritan as it has to do with not wanting our kids to fall into something that they will regret.

First of all, I'm by no means a prude. This "dirty dancing" (aka freak dancing) is VERY different from the "elvis the pelvis of that day ". Watch an MTV hip hop "dance" program. You'll see that the partners rarely if ever face one another. The male most often stands behind the female, with main point of contact being his groin to her butt. Then, as Juliette15 points out, it's not "bump and grind" but rather "hump and grind". The male has his hands on his "partner's" hips or upper thighs to better facilitate the "hump and grind". The girls often lean forward, hands on knees, to give the impression of canine copulation. You may have noticed that the two young people who have weighed in are troubled by this style of "dance". If you polled local teenagers I think that you'd find that many, especially girls, either don't attend because of the "hump and grind", or feel pressured to dance that way even though they don't like it. Ironically, I've been told that when a slow song comes on the floor clears out. Maybe facing one's partner is deemed too intimate?

As to auburnite's "the puritans at work again " comment, I'm gonna assume that you don't have a teenaged daughter out there on the floor. If you did, I'm sure that you wouldn't want your little princess being treated, and treating herseIf, that way. If kids really want to dance this way, let their parents throw "freak dance" parties at home. This style of "dance" is simply inappropriate for a school function...

Why don't the school administrators and chaperones throw the offending students out and call their parents? The schools and government appear to want to control all aspects of society, why no step up and be responsible?

canine copulation. ROFL.

getalong- "other countries first of all don't have "dances" and secondly if they did, this sort or thing wouldn't be an issue." Wrong and Wrong. Also, "the behavior isn't cxplicit...no different than Elvis The Pelvis of that day." And wrong again.

Very well said UhHuh.....

UhHuh totally gets it.

whatever you say alan. we gotta stop these kids from expressing themselves in school. dancing causes the bulk of divorce, liver failure and AIDS. it is the scourge of the nation that these kids are doing the same darned thing they did 20 years ago in school at these so called dances. and we all know a dance is a cover for a hormone pumpin', unsafe sex havin', god rebukin' hoe-down of proportions to rival sodom and gomhorra. so go ahead and fact check these points.

really though: why not make the rule two bodies cant touch and let the staff and chaperones supervise?

getalong do you have children? I would venture to say NO you probably DO NOT

what difference does make if i do? why do people always get personal? and i do btw. in college. make rules for the dances, discipline the kids that dont follow them. but lets not villify dancing as the sin here. should a child be raised in an open environment they would see the commercialilzation of the music industry and the mass approach to sex appeal as being foremost in terms of accpetance into a social group whos needs of love and belongoing are peaking one would recognize the kids dancing, are just that. kids dancing.

getalong (a bit ironic): nobody is saying that dance in and of itself is sin. As you haven't seen what we're talking about (freak dancing at high school dances), you don't know what you're talking about. My daughter very recently graduated from a local high school and I served as a parent volunteer at a few dances. I was appalled and, again, I'm far from prudish. This type of dancing is simply inappropriate at a school function. And even though students raise most of the money to put on a dance, taxpayers still end up paying for heating, electricity and custodial services for the event. I'd venture to say that very few taxpayers would support their money producing an event that allowed that style of dance. Maybe rather than reinforce "the mass approach to sex appeal ", we should help kids define themselves as something other than sex objects. It sounds and looks like the kids who attended this event danced and had fun without "freaking". Although slow to address the issue, the school administration should be congratulated for taking a positive approach to a nation-wide problem. Even more so, the student club and their advisor, Ms. Fox-Anderson, deserve congratulations...

If you turned the clock back 40 some years, this same rhetoric was in place at the time, and followed each generation.change the dance type and music.nothing new you folks should concentrate on more important issues. Also you probably havent been to a nightclub in a while either..when little Johnny or Susie move on to college and are 18, they will face reality when they go out..not the idealism you would like them to be in...

thanks auburnite.

Well, little Johnny and Susie aren't 18 yet and they're in high school, not college. The rhetoric may be similar, but the dance type and music aren't. We hope the best for our children. In this case, we don't want not them to be pushed into a level of sexuality that they can't handle at 14 or 15. auburnite: If you, as an adult (are you) think this kind of dance (have you even seen what we're talking about?) is appropriate for high school aged kids at a school-sponsored function, you are either a fool or a perv. Which is it? And if we "folks should concentrate on more important issues", why are you still posting on this stream? Don't you have "more important issues" to think about?

Touche". Nicely rebutted UhHuh.

Let the kids dance.......notice the turn out???? Yeah that's right not many kids went....Want to know why?? Because they didn't play the kind of music they're into and they want to eliminate the contact between females and males....Common get real Colfax. Why are you the only school pushing this, when I know other schools dances are far worse!!!

Forbidden fruit NEVER works. When you say "you CANT do this" to a bunch of young kids, they are going to want to go out and do it. Who are the people that are really worried about all of this? Not the students, the people that are affected, but the parents. Line dancing? Really? Way to show these kids a great time! Its not like "dirty dancing" is a great thing, but there aren't that many people doing it, and they look silly and trashy anyways. Nobody respects those people that have no respect for themselves. But you have to let kids figure out for themselves how to live their lives. "Dirty dancing" is no more pervasive than kids showing up drunk to dances, but far less harmful. Wheres the drive to stop alcohol consumption of these kids?

Very well said JamminJahMon!!!!!

i will say this that many of these assumptions are rather exaggerated making it seem as if all the students are dancing as if they are on MTV when in reality that may be only a couple who take this too seriously, i believe that instead of just turning on the lights the administration needs to force these kids to leave. im not saying that we don't grind during the dances. yet it is not as bad as some think. i am also pretty sure that at this dance there was significantly less students than their have been in previous dancing as the rules have become stricter and stricter.

Mrs. Fox-Anderson and her colleagues are volunteering their time to provide appropriate and fun activities for young people. Once again committed teachers and other responsible adults are fostering alternatives to the influences of a sick culture. Unfortunately, we confront an entertainment industry views young people as commodities to be exploited.

And notice CHS (enrollment of 850) continually fields classy and successful athletic teams, tremendous art programs and a music/drama productions that take on a professional quality. It also has the highest SAT scores in Placer County. Its sister schools like Placer, Foresthill, Chana/Maidu and Del Oro also do an amazing job with diminishing resources. Hats off to these people and the parents who support them.

Thank you Ricko92 for injecting a little common sense and reason into this string. Just like getalong, I'm gonna guess that neither JamminJahMon nor chsparent2 have attended a dance at CHS, thus, like getalong, haven't really seen what's happening. "...there aren't that many people doing it"? Wrong. "...kids showing up drunk at dances,..."? Call the CHS admin and ask them how many kids show up drunk or otherwise intoxicated at their dances. It's extremely rare. "Forbidden fruit NEVER works..."? Nobody is telling kids that they can't hump their little brains out, they just can't do it at a school-sponsored event. Maybe the adults (?) posting here should open their homes to freak dance parties. Or maybe rent a local facility, hire a DJ and, "...let kids figure out for themselves how to live their lives", under your watch. "Why are you the only school pushing this, when I know other schools dances are far worse!!! " Oh yeah, great logic. Kinda like "Other kids are doing it, why can't we?" Low attendance? It's my understanding that there won't be ANY dances at CHS if the freak dance continues. I bet attendance will rise as word of mouth spreads and more kids find out that their dances are places to have fun and simply dance, without the pressures to fit in by freaking. Again, kudos to the students and staff of CHS for making a positive contribution...

for the love of god. the term dirty dancing is dead, so is patrick swayze the term bum n grind is dead so is R. Kellys career. so cut it out. i graduated from weimar and from colfax 20 years ago and heard the same thing. THE SAME THING. chskid said it best, set rules, discharge offenders. and the grossly sexual dancing you all are afraid of is how people dance. the wife and i go to clubs to dance. its just what it is. now with that being said how come you didn't instill in the kids a little class? teach them ballroom dancing during pe and after school and have a ballroom dance? you have really got to be joking with line dancing. really? line dancing is dead along with billy ray cyrus's mullet. one would think with childhood health issues we would be encouraging any sort of high activity at the least like dancing. sorry for my rant but this is such a load and waste andi'm kinda mad bout the faculty taking up time to talk about this when they could spend the energy consulting with a drug and alcohol treatment provider to educate themselves for signs/symptoms and options or organizing a littler pick up for dance rule violators to perform or... but this is the same school i bought my diploma from for 55 dollars. long story there and off topic though. talk about a left turn off priority road into the sunset of forced values. hope that works for you CHS, why dont you do some follow up studies and see if there was a difference made in this class d/t line dancing...

Hey UhHuh, as a matter of fact I have been to a dance. I've seen what is going on...like chskid50 said its a select few....kick them out. It's the admin that need to realize when to kick a kid out. Also, yeah there will be no dances if culture club doesn't do this......which the kids won't care because if you look at a normal school dance compared to this last one, pretty much no kids go....and line dancing like getalong said COMMON PEOPLE. Instill some morals in your kids.

bossa nova samba salsa merengue waltz two step lindy charleston mash twist electric slide moon dance lawnmower cabbage patch the roof running man bus driver superman tonto twerk lasso shopping cart windmill sprinkler... teach them how to dance. this dancing you are all afraid of isn't dancing, its what you do when you dont know how to dance and it looks dumb and the disparity between kids that do it and those that dont is big. betcha 90 percent of the boys in school wish they knew how to dance and just as many grils wish they did too. use your cheer coach and your dance/cheer squad to start dance lessons at lunch maybe. give them options and teach them how to dance as opposed to your judgemental approach of their lack of ability to dance. being in high school is awkward enough, quit making it worse.

I went to CHS not too many years ago, and let me tell you from firsthand experience, Mrs. Fox-Anderson is NOT a prude!! She was one of the "cool" teachers and I'm sure she still is - she's also very sensible. Kudos to her for her creativity and effort. Colfax is a great school and I'm glad to see the caring, attentive and assertive staff continue to work to keep it that way.

I like getalongs' idea: give these kids some dance lessons! Honestly, the kind of "dirty dancing" that everybody is so upset about isnt really even dancing. Kids see that stuff on TV and want to emulate it. Make this an even more fun night by having dance classes for many different types of music. Its something that the kids will love and they wont be confined to just line dancing or non-contact dancing.

Thank you Mrs FA for taking a stand. My daughter a 2009 grad of CHS had mentioned this dancing in the past. It is the parents that must raise their children with a little dignity and not the schools. It is the parents that must instill in their children better behavior. Teach your children about respect, honesty and dignity. It is sad to see so many children in our state growing up feeling entitled, above common courtesy, self centered and rude. Yes, we can all make excuses for their behavior because our world has changed... but the fact remains that it is the parent that teaches the child.

The school has enough budget problems without being side tracked with dance lessons. Let the parents take on this job if you will. The ones that are dirty dancing should be punished.. by working on school grounds, planting, cleaning etc. Of course, the parents will come to their defense which is one of our biggest problems in schools today "my child can do no wrong". I do not believe the few should spoil it for the many.

I stopped teaching Traditional Ballroom Dancing 5 years ago

after 20 years. I would offer teaching dances at your school

Like Folk Dances: The Greek Zorba Dance, Latin Dances: CHA CHA, Rumba, Tango, Bolero

Traditional Dances: Foxtrot, Waltz, and whatever else that's appropriate.

Gudway