No more warm Florida afternoons taking extra grounders after practice. No more searching the stands for mom, Donna Batista, during time-outs. The fans don't care if you're the youngest professional football player to take the field in the last 75 years. The following calls were logged by the Lee County Sheriff's Office in south Lee County, April 21-22. Ask Estero High math teacher Steve Alonzi who he went to his high school prom with, and he points to his wife.
Kids do more together.
It's not just a couple-thing anymore. Sure, there were plenty of couples to be seen Saturday night, but these days more and more students are turning prom into a regular party, albeit one where the guys wear tuxedos and the girls spend hours getting their hair ready. Yes, prom is still special. But the stigma of having to take a date to the prom is gone. Principal Sheryl Clarke, left, and Assistant Principal Lisa Shirey sat in a pool of root beer float on the stage in the cafeteria of Spring Creek Elementary School on Friday.