{"id":4368,"date":"2013-12-17T21:08:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T04:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2013-12-17T21:08:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T04:08:58","slug":"school-boundary-topic-ruins-17th-stapleton-holiday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4368","title":{"rendered":"School Boundary Topic Ruins 17th Stapleton Holiday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"ruined<\/a>Andy and Megan Geary host an annual holiday party, usually with a fun theme. This year was no different, as the couple organized another fun gathering for almost 100 friends and neighbors. It is an adult-only party that usually goes into the morning and sometimes gets a little out of hand. \u201cI think sometimes people forget they are not in college anymore,\u201d says Megan. \u201cBut, it\u2019s totally fine, and we always have a blast with our friends.\u201d This year, the party ended earlier and was a lot more somber than in years past.\n\n\u201cAbout 9:30 one of the parents had enough booze to make her feel everyone should hear her opinion on the school zoning issue<\/a>,\u201d said Megan. \u201cFirst, someone respectfully disagreed, then someone disrespectfully disagreed, and it just kind of got ugly from there.\u201d Andy mentioned the party closed out much earlier than usual, with people just kind of sneaking out. \u201cWe knew the disagreement killed the buzz for a lot of people,\u201d said Andy. \u201cAnd for the people that stayed late, all they did was argue the rest of the night with their arguments getting less and less coherent.\u201d Looking back, the Gearys wish they would have put a simple disclaimer on the Evite. \u201cI could have said, \u2018please no school boundary talk,\u2019 but I thought it was understood.\u201d\nThe Gearys are not the only Stapleton Holiday party to be foiled by boundary discussions. At least 16 other reported parties were ruined by the same topic, with more reports expected to come. \u201cWe had never had something like that come up at a party before,\u201d said party host Jen Williams. \u201cEven in election years, people rarely talk politics, and if they do, most people in Stapleton are in the same camp, so not much of an argument for those.\u201d\nWilliams recommends party hosts have a reminder on the Evite letting guests know they cannot talk about the boundary issue. \u201cI am sure it would have helped us. You don\u2019t want to verbally remind them at the party, because that will seem like an invitation to talk about it. At this point, I just want someone to make a decision and go with it so I don\u2019t have to hear about it anymore.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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