Students drive their point home

By The Tampa Tribune
Published: May 02, 2009

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NEW PORT RICHEY --

Will Sexauer, 17, didn't mind becoming a corpse outside River Ridge High on Thursday afternoon. He just preferred to do it in comfort.

"I'm dying right here; there's shade," Sexauer said as he dropped a sheet beneath a tree near Town Center Road.

The teenager couldn't help adding a little levity to the situation, even though he and several other River Ridge students had volunteered to help convey a serious message.

The school will hold its prom tonight. School officials want to make sure everyone returns home safe.

So at the end of the school day Thursday, a group of students with sheets draped over them lay in the grass near the school exit. Other students held signs with messages, such as: "If you drink and drive you could be wearing a sheet."

"Hopefully, we'll get our point across," said Corinna Dyl, 16, the junior class president.

Ronnie Blair