After weeks of planning, purchasing attire and making reservations, Tualatin students were disappointed to hear that their Winter Formal plans had been dashed once again. This was the third “rescheduling” of a dance, and although it was expected and a safe decision on the administration’s part, it was a frustrating turn of events to many students. 

The email that was sent out to students announcing the postponement stated that the dance will take place in either late February or early March. Although it is not ideal, the weather should be nicer by that time, and it will also allow for COVID cases to subside.

Although students understood the reasoning behind the postponement, the news was still disappointing. Freshman Cloe Roberts points out that many students, such as dance team members, may not be able to attend a rescheduled dance.

“I will try to attend a rescheduled dance, but it is very likely that it will be during our dance team’s state season. If it is, I will not be able to attend…. I understand why it was postponed, but I am extremely upset with how last minute they cancelled it. I paid money for a dress and shoes, and now I may not even be able to go to Winter Formal this year. We have a competition most Saturdays in February and March,” she said.

ASB officers are also frustrated with the postponement, as much of their hard work has been put on hold. 

“It is very frustrating to see our hard work being postponed over and over due to something out of [our] control,” said Molly Miller, ASB Dances Co-Director with Braquelle Blanchard. “Not only have we put in tons of hours, but we personally loved seeing our plans and ideas come to life, and when that doesn’t happen it feels very disappointing. It also can get stressful because we don’t know when the dance will be postponed to, and having to restart and get our plans going again is more and more work to do.” 

While the frustration over the postponements is completely understandable, students also know such things are essentially out of the hands of everyone, especially ASB.