<p>Kids can be around different types of people and learn a lot from them but not make the same choices they are making. I was friends with partiers in high school, they had a lot to offer me based on who they were as people. I didn’t party myself, it didn’t interest me, but I’m glad I knew these people.</p>
<p>If the OP trusts that her kid isn’t going to drink until he throws up I think that might be more important that whether he goes to a school where other kids do that.</p>