The reason this is on the political lists is because I think this is going to see civil action. The girl was taken home in handcuffs because the school did not think it was appropriate. But they refused to give her her money back.
The problem is does the school have the right to determine what is acceptable dress at a prom. It is not my taste, but it is no different from a night club outfit. In fact, it might have more material.
Now, the girl and her friends wrapped and pinned the train around her, so it would be more appropriate, but the woman said no because she didn't have on any under garments. Now the bra, get real, but I think she was a little too much into what this girl had on. The girl says she did have on undergarments.
The school got mad because the girl wanted her money back since she could not get in, so they called the police.
I don't approve of this dress, but it is clearly because I am 43 and chubby. She is skinny and it looked descent on her. But, in this case, both sides were wrong. She goes to school in the south, she knew better. Her parents should have known better, but the school should have just let her go home and change. They made this way too easy for her to get money from them.
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I'd even make a donation to a school that upheld standards of decency!
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Most school dress codes stand even on prom night. If the school has a dress code that prohibits provocative clothing, than that dress code applies to the prom as well because the prom is a school function. Even waaaaayyyyy back in the day when I was in high school, our school dress code applied to off campus school activities. So the girl knew the school policy and deliberately violated it. End of story.
She looks like a streetwalker, not a prom queen.
But I agree she should have had the option to go change.
Didn't she receive this from school? Or didn't she bring it home?
I say whatever she paid to buy the outfit, she didn't get anything for her money. I also agree with another commenter: she looks like a streetwalker.
I don't think she should get her money back either. She violated the dress code. Tuff!
The young lady has no one to blame but herself. practically all schools have some sort of dress code, which applies to ALL school activities regardless of where they are held. You can try and blame the parents but who's to say she didn't change her clothing after she left home?
She should consider not getting her money back as payment for a "fine" and just forget about it.
Religious fundamentalists are to blame....HUH??
I'm sure she was quickly on the phone to her lawyers, to see what she could fleece the school district out of.
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Couldn't they have just called her parents and given her the money...if they didn't want to draw attention?
She is not entitled to anything than public ridicule.
And besides, there is nothing in the article that says she was NOT given the option to go home and change. The police were called because she REFUSED TO LEAVE without a refund, not because of the dress. She was creating a public scene, and the school acted accordingly.
What it comes down to when deciding if this was right or wrong depends on the school dress code. Did they have one?