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I know this isn't typically a really active area... But thought I'd bring up my thoughts on one aspect of this case since it's been on the news alot this week.

On the radio yesterday, I heard that Natalie had been drinking heavily and may have had some narcotics on her. It just makes me wonder about these school sponsored trips. I was under the impression that it was a school sponsored trip with adults on trip as well. Why weren't these kids supervised better?

I sure hope that now that plans are being put in place for graduation parties and trips that parents consider what happened to Natalie Holloway when making plans or allowing kids to much unsupervised freedom. And kids going on these trips be reminded of the dangers.

Maybe this was an independent and unsupervised trip. But for some reason my impression right after the incident happened that it was a school sponsored event.
If so, I wonder how much responsibility the school had and if they could be held liable. Probably a waiver of liablility was required... But this seems like it could be gross negligence.