…... tragic events ………...students were attending EF International School in Redondo Beach…... those events occurred during “bus parties.”
Talking from my own experience I spend 9 months at EF, and every week I’ve seen at least 2 or 3 bus parties being organized. If you do the math, it is a lot of parties, a lot of alcohol and a lot of money. However I’ve never seen tragic events like those one, I only remember the case of an under age Italian girl being drunk who fell of the stairs and broke her leg. To put things into perspectives, the average age of EF‘s students is between 16 to 22, therefore bus parties are the only way most of them can access alcohol and party. It is especially true for students coming from countries where they are old enough to drink alcohol.
First of all the school, even though EF International spokeswoman Francy Ronayne said:”We have expelled students before for purchasing alcohol for minors, and we have done so again with the students who organized the October and August party buses.” They may have done it with those 2 students but for the rest they are well aware of the bus parties and let it happen. The reason for is that most students live in apartments in Avenue G in Redondo Beach, those building are also occupied by other people. Thus the school receives an enormous amount of complains from those neighbors who have problems with the kids being drunk around the buildings. Therefore having the kids partying in Hollywood (for those old enough to enter clubs) and bus parties for the rest, is the perfect solution for the school. Seeing how the school react today I found it really hypocritical.
…. EF International School has a great responsibility in those events and should be face consequences….
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