Growing up, I always dreamed of what my perfect prom dress would look like. Would it be floor length? Would it have rhinestones and sparkles? And as WA’s version of Junior Prom, Cotillion, approaches for me, I realize there was a thing my dreams did not include: the stress-inducing, almost toxic, culture...

On Saturday, May 11th, the junior class of 2020 attended Cotillion at Kimball Farms. At 5:45, an hour and fifteen minutes before the event, students and parents gathered on the football turf to take pictures of the attendees.