Scores of high school students went to the prom Saturday night and then roamed the Vineyard looking for a party, and in the course of that night, at least seven figured out they were in some kind of trouble and needed a ride home.

A few minutes after the first bell yesterday morning at the regional high school, seniors Kurstin Meehan and Elise Chapdelaine stepped into a four-sided piece of cardboard painted to look like a car and went racing down the halls.

Forget the season behind them; forget the playoffs ahead.

If you came into gym class at the regional high school looking for Jay Schofield, it might take a minute to find him. He's not out in the center of the floor with the other two gym teachers.

School superintendent Kriner Cash this week blasted a proposed zero-tolerance policy for high school athletes caught using drugs or alcohol, calling it an "ignorant" response to the problem and demanding new consideration of the draft policy.