With all of these questions in mind, a rumor arose on campus. Students began to talk about the possibility of a ‘Rage Cage’ dance this year.

Ventura High School students have been asking questions about future dances of the school year. How many will there be? Will there be any more at all? If there will be less dances, is it because of some of the events that occurred at Homecoming?

However, some members of ASB said that this was merely an idea rather than a definite plan. So what really happened?

According to sophomore and ASB member Kambria Haughton, a senior in ASB wanted to have a repeat of the ‘Rage Cage’ dance from last year.

This senior also mentioned that the dance would be for a charity project, even though other members of ASB said that the link to a charity was never established.

Other members of ASB also believe that the said member was trying to get the dance publicized in an effort to ‘force’ the school board to approve it.

According to Haughton, many ASB members disagreed with the students efforts.

Once the rumor got to ASB advisor, Ann Larson, she was upset and explained that even though she tried to have the dance approved, it was never certain.

Haughton explained that it would be very difficult to have the dance because ASB has to have their dances approved by the school board ahead of time and they already have six dances planned, which is above their usual limit.

Also, it seems that the district is becoming stricter when approving dances because of the negative incidents that occurred at this year’s Homecoming dance.

“They are not doing a Rage Cage in the November-December time. The next upcoming dance is prom,” stated Haughton. She also mentioned there is a chance that ASB may try to push for an extra dance later in the year.

In general, Haughton explained that the school board has been trying to keep the amount of yearly dances minimal. The school board has also attempted to schedule dances to end earlier, in order to give students a chance to be home by a curfew of 10:30 p.m.

These restrictions have made dance planning more difficult for ASB but they will continue to do their best in creating fun outside-of-school activities for VHS students.