"Lincoln H.S. parents receive hoax 'prom night' letter"

[orleans]

By KATU Web Staff Video PORTLAND, Ore. - Administrators at Lincoln High School are trying to find out who sent a hoax letter to parents about this Saturday's senior prom.

The letter is printed on what appears to be Portland Public Schools letterhead and it says students will likely be drinking, doing drugs, and having sex on prom night.

The letter goes on to encourage parents to open their homes for parties so kids don't drink and drive and even provides instructions on how much alcohol to provide.

District officials say they did not send the letter and that it is an elaborate hoax.

In addition to finding out who wrote and sent the letters, the district wants to know how the pranksters gained access to addresses of parents and guardians of Lincoln students.
http://www.katu.com/news/18138024.html

i thought this was hysterical!

from the smoking gun website:
"Recipients of the missive were urged to consider opening their homes this Saturday for parties as "a safe, secure place for students to have fun," adding if adults "provide the alcohol, you can have peace of mind knowing that they did not acquire it illegally. Condoms were included with the letters--which were written on Portland Public Schools stationery--since "STD epidemics have spread through other high school communities and we want to prevent such an outbreak as best we can." The letter was purportedly written by "The Lincoln High School Faculty and Administration." Officials do not know how the letter's creator(s) got access to school mailing lists. And while rather well written, the letter did include obvious clues that it was a hoax, including a supposed recommendation from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. The state agency, the letter claimed, "stated that a fifth of alcohol, like Hennessy Cognac, is sufficient supply for at least 8 adults. One can assume that for 17 to 18 year old individuals, one fifth can probably be spread out to 4 students. Considering our reputation (Drinkin' Lincoln), in some cases one fifth is only enough for a single person."
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0424081prom1.html

[msongs]

1. yeah that's exactly what the "kids" WILL be doing, as far from parents as possible nt

[orleans]

6. smoking gun has the whole letter: they sent out a CONDOM with it!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0424081prom1.html

it's really funny. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[depakid]

2. The actual letter is classic!

http://images.bimedia.net/documents/LincolnPromLetter.pdf

[orleans]

4. where is page 2??? i'm laughing my ass off at page one but

where is page 2??

is there another link?

(and thanks for the one you provided)

[depakid]

9. Oops- better linkage

http://www.kgw.com/news/pdf/042408_SchoolPrank.pdf

If they're smart, the pranksters will keep their mouths shut at least until after they've graduated and gone off to college.

[merwin]

3. I would guess all of that data is stored electronically, which means that

it's most likely notoriously easy to get to, especially by crafty kids.

However, it could also have been sent by fundamentalists hoping to get the prom canceled by scaring the shit out of everyone.

[Poll_Blind]

5. Probation for the lot!

PB

[dysfunctional press]

7. double-secret probation...

nt

[Richard Steele]

8. "Fat, drunk and CONDOM-less is no way to go through life, son!" nm

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

10. I hope they find the kid responsible for this...

and give him an "A" for creative writing. That was pretty darned funny!

[KG]

11. well, i drank and had sex on my prom night, and i turned out ok.

what's the big deal? :shrug:

[Echo In Light]

12. I had dropped out and never attended, but was likely fucking w/a headful of acid that night anyway

:hi: