After rough year, Tracy school’s senior formal this spring was both joyous, bittersweet

by Carolyn Jones and Andrew Reed, EdSource May 22, 2021May 21, 2021

Members of Merrill F. West High School's Class of 2021 pose for a group photo outside Tracy City Hall during the school's "non-prom" formal event May 15. It was one of the few in-person social gatherings for the class in a school year disrupted by COVID-19. (Image by Andrew Reed/EdSource via YouTube)

IN A PERFECT night of taffeta and glitter, the most perfect thing of all was Lauren Toon’s sky-blue prom dress.

Lauren Toon of Tracy, in the gown her late mother helped her pick out, poses with date William Aviles. (Photo by Andrew Reed/EdSource)

Lauren’s mother helped her pick the sleek satin gown a year ago – blue to match Lauren’s eyes. Lauren planned to wear the dress at her high school prom last year when she was a junior, but school officials canceled the event at the last minute due to the pandemic.

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