Along with socially-distanced dancing, students are also being encouraged to get vaccinated before the dance. Just being a high school senior is very symbolic so the fact we haven’t gotten the chance to be together yet is really sad,” she added. School districts across the country are weighing whether they can safely hold an event that many seniors consider a capstone to their high school careers. In Manor, Texas, the school had set a date, time and venue for high school senior Jesenia Correa’s prom. Eugenio Vasquez, 18, of Jackson, Mississippi, attended the prom with his long-distance girlfriend who is a student at a local high school.

Source: ABC News May 13, 2021 13:18 UTC