Wycoff says it's going to be great. This is it, the last time he can party with his graduating classmates of Dripping Springs High School. A chance to be together. It's also going to be drug-free. Talk about a send-off.
Some schools have casino games in which the students can win more chances for the prize drawings.
To qualify for the booty, students must stay at the party all night. The trade-off for the parent volunteers is that they know exactly where their sober children are on graduation night. The kids get to be with their friends, and we know they're safe that night. Graduating students have embraced the concept. Parents at several Austin-area schools say the attendance rate is 90 percent to 97 percent.