Parents are angering officials and fellow moms and dads at Horace Mann prep by turning a blind eye to the party culture at the elite private school, sources told The Post.
Despite strong warnings from the administration to stop allowing their kids to attend the wild booze and sex bashes, ritzy moms and dads fear that if their kids aren’t partying with their peers, their social status will be jeopardized.
“The parents want their kids to fit in at any price,” one Horace Mann mom complained.
The Post reported Monday that students at the city’s top prep schools are holding out-of-control “rando-fests” at city venues — where the goal is to arrive blitzed and hook up with “randos,” or drunken girls.
Because the events are alcohol- and drug-free, students say they drink beforehand so that they don’t feel “awkward.” They then spend the night locking lips, flashing skin and grinding to techno music.
Students dished to the Mann school paper about drunken classmates rushed to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped for drinking too much before the bash.
The newspaper recently exposed the party culture in a series of articles. Later, the editorial team and the faculty adviser issued an apology after it was accused of embarrassing one student by printing a provocative photo of her with her mouth open while being splashed with a suspicious red substance.
The picture was taken last year at a Halloween bash thrown by senior Gianni Harrell, the son of former Motown CEO Andre Harrell.
A forum was held Friday at the Riverdale school, and students had the chance to vent about the paper’s exposé.
Senior Charles Kalvaria blasted the school’s attempt to shut down the parties because he says they are the only places where he’s “finally able to relax after weeks of hard work.”
“There is no need for the administration to freak students and their parents out, because very few kids put themselves in harm’s way — and those who do so do it of their own accord,” he wrote.
“They’re not pressured.”
He called the parties “the most powerful” way to put himself in a “state of relaxation,” because they are not affiliated with the hyper-competitive school.
“[The parties are] away from the competition, work load and time commitment of Horace Mann,” he said.
“You’d be surprised how much nicer and open students are.”
Kalvaria asked that the parents not be swayed by pressure from the administration.