Three Durham Region high schools have decided to cancel proms at the end of the school year, drawing anger from students who say they won’t be able to celebrate an important milestone.

The principals of Brooklin, Brock and Uxbridge high schools — all part of the Durham District School Board — sent a letter to parents on Friday saying they have decided to cancel the traditional event due to growing liabilities and risks connected to school-run proms.

Charlotte Leersnyder, a Grade 12 student at Brooklin High School, says she was looking forward to prom and already thinking about what kind of dress to choose, but is now sad about missing a rite of passage that other high schools offer their graduating students.

Leersnyder and her friend Chloe Lepp were among more than 100 students who prot

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