Nov 3, 2009 7:09 pm US/Eastern
Schools Get Proactive In War On 'Freak' Dancing
Some Make Students, Parents Sign Contracts, While Others Stop Dances Cold With Best Of Burt Bacharach Playlist
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
It's a nationwide trend that's alarming educators and parents alike: high school dances, taking a very sexual turn.
Now, school officials and parents are trying to put a stop to what's called "freak" dancing, and they're using everything from contracts to William Shatner.
If you think high school dances are all good clean fun, here's a rude awakening.
"I saw essentially what was a 10th grade girl giving a 10th grade boy a lap dance," said Mickey Blaine, Dean of Students at Pacific Hills High School in California.
It is easy to find lessons in freak dancing. Just go online.
Students admit they've learned well.
"It is kind of like sex with clothes on," one student said.
Now, school administrators are saying enough.
"I think what was important was parents had to really see what it was that the kids were doing," high school principal Charles Salter said.
Salter has now put in a dress code and forced students and parents to sign a contract.
By signing the contract, the student agrees that there will be no: straddling legs, bending over, front-to-back touching or grinding.
Hands on waist and shoulders is acceptable, but not every student agrees with the ultimatum handed down.
"Getting kicked out of a dance just for freak dancing seems a bit harsh," one student said.
Not to parents, it doesn't.
"The way the kids are dancing was really, it was degrading to girls," Eva Marie Morris said.
At another school there are no contracts, but if kids get too frisky.
"We flip on the lights and play Burt Bacharach, anything that William Shatner has recorded," one administrator said.
As a result, many students lose interest in the dance and leave.
Administrators say the lesson is simple.
"If you're coming to a school-sponsored event, you're expected to act appropriately for school," Blaine said.
And Salter, the high school principal who forced his students to sign a "do's and don'ts" contract, said he's heard from several schools that want to do the same thing.
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