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HELLO NAUGHTY CHILDREN, PLAYTIME IS OVER

From now on, the following rules apply to all gatherings that take place at Azurcrest, Coppertale, Ebonhide and Ribbonfin (*) campgrounds:

No contraband, drugs, or alcohol of any kind are to be consumed, smoked, used or shared at campground parties. If you are found drinking, smoking, or otherwise consuming any mind-altering substance that would be against Gooseberry school rules, prefects will take disciplinary action. This includes but is not limited to: alcohol of all kinds, pot, cigarettes, fireworks.

If you are going to enjoy drugs and alcohol in the privacy of your own cabin while a party just happens to be taking place, you may not:
- Invite anyone in to join you. The creation of “side parties” in private cabins will not be tolerated, and it’s at the discretion of the hosting house’s prefects as to whether or not things have gone from “private enjoyment” to “trying to dodge the rules.”
- Leave your cabin while under the influence. If you are still high or drunk and come out to rejoin the party, a prefect will ask you to leave. If you do not comply, they will take disciplinary action.
- Bring drugs or alcohol over to a friend’s cabin to enjoy privately during a party. Students may not bring drugs or alcohol to the campground of another house, period.

On a day-to-day basis, if you consume drugs or alcohol in the privacy of your own cabin, you may not inconvenience your roommates. If a prefect hears a complaint that smoking, drug or alcohol use (or any other detrimental or distracting behavior) is taking place in a way that makes one or more of the students living there uncomfortable, it will be investigated.

Senior prefects and/or the Head Girl and Boy will determine curfew at these parties. The default is midnight. Unless told otherwise, all students from other houses must be gone from the campsite hosting them by 12:00 AM.
- Students under 16 will be escorted back to their own campground in a group by junior or senior prefects whenever a party runs past normal curfew.

At the Grotto, we will remain tolerant of the use of alcohol and drugs, and will not enforce a curfew. We will still be aware of what is unfolding there, and any drug we feel to be harder than pot is still subject to disciplinary action. Fighting is still forbidden. Fireworks or otherwise setting things on fire outside the firepit is still forbidden. We must still clean up after ourselves. We are guests.

Special rules for smoking, vaping or chewing tobacco: as tobacco is not a mind altering substance, whenever there is not a campground party taking place with guests, you may consume these products outside in public, as long as you're ~20' from windows and aren't disturbing anyone. During a party, we ask that you smoke/vape/etc. out of view of the main area the event is taking place. A prefect may ask you to relocate, and you will be allowed to return to the party after you've finished.

The Head Boy and Girl reserve the right to make adjustments to these rules in the future.

[PREFECTS + HG + HB]

These rules are coming from the Head Girl, Head Boy, and the senior prefects. Our decision is unanimous. The new policies are not up for debate. You are all expected to enforce them. If you feel you are unable to, you should speak to a senior prefect or the Head Girl or Boy. If the issue cannot be resolved, you may want to reconsider if being a prefect is right for you. We will not be granting you an exception from your responsibilities.

If you have any other concerns, you may once again speak to your senior prefects or the Head Girl and Boy. If you are still dissatisfied, you may go to your Head of House if you truly want. However, I think we all understand that there is a balance here that will be disrupted if a member of staff knew.

If there are ever any disagreements about what does or does not break a rule, Magdalen and Cecil get final say. They end the argument. We fall in line.

Understood?

(* OOC: The house names are written in glitter pens borrowed from Maggie for EXTRA EMPHASIS.)

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(OOC: I'M MAKING THE EXECUTIVE DECISION to say "Prefects" includes HB/HG every time because IT'S SUCH A PAIN TO TYPE EVERY TIME)

Agreed.

I'm not aware of any prefect in Ribbonfin who'll have problems with this, but I'd like to emphasize the point about talking to your senior prefects if you do have concerns. This is not meant to be a slap on the wrist for anyone, and the senior prefects are your allies, not your enemies. We are not interested in finding someone to blame, only tightening the guidelines for what substances are allowed in our living spaces.

Thank you, Ravi.

Coppertale, we are in this together. I know how I am, but we're a team. I want to make sure that we can work together. I will listen to anything you have to say.