In 1990, WaPo wrote an article re: Georgetown Prep and the problem of unsupervised parties

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"At the beginning of the school year, for example, Georgetown Preparatory School in Rockville held a conference with parents to discuss the problem of unsupervised parties and similar activities."

Re DC area prep schools and headmasters warning of troubling booze/sex-filled parties. WaPo in 1990

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One solution, a parent said, was the creation of parent groups to open up communication among parents and lines of information about where their children are, what they are doing and with whom.

The headmasters said they believe that on most weekends there is at least one large party, sometimes with several hundred students in attendance.

The letter said, "It would be hard to devise a better recipe for disaster than a social scene that includes the anonymity provided by an 'open party,' no adult supervision, considerable amounts of alcohol, and teenage hormones which encourage sexual or violent behavior."

Charles P. Lord, headmaster at Holton-Arms, in Bethesda, said, "A number of parents and kids have expressed dismay over some of the situations at weekend parties."

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