LT Students Dance too Dirty, Dad Says

Everyone’s cutting a little too loose at Lyons Township High School, one father said Monday at the District 204 School Board meeting.

Ken Mulcrone implored the district to keep a tighter watch on the moves students pull on the dance floor after what he witnessed when he and his wife chaperoned last fall’s Homecoming Dance.

“My wife and I went into the gymnasium and our jaws dropped to the floor because of a dance called the grind,” he said.

Though Mulcrone did not go into detail, grinding is typically known as a dance where people rub up against each other suggestively.

“You just wouldn’t want to have a daughter in that situation,” he said. “It’s not right, it’s not fair, and it’s appalling.”

Mulcrone has one son who is a senior at LT and another who recently graduated from Fenwick. He took pains to praise LT for its excellence in all other areas.

He also said he is not a stodgy guy.

"I give my kids a long rope because I believe in freedom and believe they need to find the road themselves," he said. "But those kids that night were finding the wrong way." 

Superintendent Tim Kilrea said after the meeting that the district would look into the issue and address it with the students.

“I love a parent who can come in and say that, because it’s important,” he said.

With prom right around the corner, Patch wants to know: Do you think students dance too dirty at LT functions?

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