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Name:	JMSD -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/8/2006 7:38:48 PM

barring a young girl from participating in her high school graduation ceremony because she wouldn't wear a dress? The school's dress code for graduation states that girls must wear a dress (black or white in color) and skin colored pantyhose; for boys they have to wear black pants, white shirt and black shoes. This young girl chose to wear what the boys were required to wear and was denied the once in a lifetime chance to walk across the stage and receive her diploma that she worked so hard for.

URL: School bars graduate who refused to wear a dress

Name:	noagenda -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/8/2006 9:13:34 PM

I think the school was right.

Name:	Osms -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/8/2006 9:17:13 PM

Rules or anarchy--take your pick

Name:	BigFoot -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/8/2006 9:23:16 PM

As someone who has helped coordinate graduation ceremonies more times than I care to count, I will throw in my 2 cents. It really boils down to one issue--rules vs. no rules. Requiring uniformity with dress poses
no real hardship on anyone and helps to dignify the ceremony. If this was a hardship posed upon her, she should have sought to resolve it
during the weeks leading up to the ceremony rather than grandstanding
in order to have things her way. Most educators are flexible and understanding and exceptions can be made where justified. I do feel
that denying her admission to sit in the audience was going a bit far unless she had specifically stated that she intended to disrupt the
ceremony. Sadly, disruptions are not all that uncommon and and must
be dealt with by removal from the audience and/or arrests by a uniformed
officer. The alternative to uniformity is to have no standards of dress or behavior and I have witnessed one of those unfortunately. You only want
to attend one like that. My experience was that the majority of students
want and deserve a dignified ceremony. To disallow them that opportunity would be true injustice!

Name:	rude evin -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/8/2006 9:53:02 PM

Interesting story, and I don't have a problem with either party here.... up to a point.... the school has a rule and they upheld for the benefit of all concerned...... she stood up for what she wanted to do and had to bear the consequences of her action, so far so good. The adminstration probably overreacted by not letting her sit in the audience...... her fam has gone over the top by calling in the aclu. My conclusion..... this will likely be the least "costly" youthful protest she will pay in her life, and she will very likely be an angry democrat soon!

Name:	JohnGalt -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/8/2006 10:18:53 PM

The school was correct in their actions.

Name:	4Golf -	Reply
Subject:	Agree with the school
Date:	6/9/2006 2:16:02 AM

I agree with the sentiment of most posters above....there was a rule in place and she chose to make a stink at the wrong time. As she was graduating, she may have felt that she was an adult and could do anything she wanted. In my humble opinion, she was exhibiting immature behavior. Where did her parents fit in here? This may not be a fair statement, as I do not know any of the parties involved, but I SUSPECT that her parents should share some of the credit (or blame). Even as an 18 year old graduate, if I had acted like that, my Mom/Dad would have knocked a knot on my head....and then I would have obeyed the rules!!

Name:	Blue Creeker -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/9/2006 1:20:48 PM

"was denied the once in a lifetime chance to walk across the stage and receive her diploma that she worked so hard for."

No, no, no...she wasn't denied a darn thing.

She "chose" to not walk....by not following one simple harmless rule.

Name:	CindyA -	Reply
Subject:	What do you all think about...
Date:	6/10/2006 9:40:21 AM

One thing that appears to have been missed - how did the press know to be there??

How ironic that they had a shot of her walking away by herself...

I know alot of local papers follow graduations, but there is more here than meets the eye.

Appears from the article that the school made her well aware of the situation and what the expectations were. The article also stated that the reason the school chose to prohibit her from sitting in the audience was that they had heard there would be a disruption. If that were the case, that would have been sad for the rest of the students and families that chose to obey the rules.

choices, consequences and accountability - nothing wrong with that.

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