Promprosal Flop / Post-Party Fight / Chaperones Investigated: Best of Prom, Jersey Style

It was a busy prom season in New Jersey. Patch has compiled some of the highlights.

It started off on a low note for one North Jersey teen:

WATCH: Teen’s Prom Proposal Rejected In Front Of 2,000 People

• Patrick Smith’s plan to ask Jen Malespina to the prom did not work out the way he thought it would.

One local high school had a little trouble getting there:

Ridgewood High School Prom Bus Towed After Stalling On Hill

• A charter bus on its way to pick up Ridgewood High School students attending their senior prom got stuck going up a steep hill near a set of railroad tracks.

A special prom king and queen were crowned in Lacey:

‘A Class With Class’: Special Needs Students Named Prom King and Queen

• Lacey High School students voted for special needs students as King and Queen of the Senior Prom, which was June 5.

Some chaperones from Toms River may have had a little too much fun:

Report: Toms River Prom Chaperones Accused Of Drinking Alcohol

• The district is investigating reports that chaperones had been drinking, but whether it was before or at the event is unclear.

More than 200 West Essex High School students and area senior citizens enjoyed a special prom together:

School Hosts ‘Intergenerational’ Prom

• Who says the prom is just for high school students?

Don’t forget about the post-prom party:

Teen Hospitalized After Post-Prom Fight In Seaside Heights

• A Morristown teenager was hospitalized after he was punched in the head by another teenager during a post-prom fight in a Seaside Heights motel, authorities said.

An update about the murder of a soon-to-be prom queen:

Prom Queen Murder: Essex County Man Pleads Guilty

• More than two years after a 17-year-old student’s shocking murder, Al-Muqqadin Means, 20, of East Orange, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend a week before she was due to be crowned prom queen.