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No Diploma: HS Senior Denied Diploma Due to Dress Code
Schools officials told her to take out her nose ring, or else. She said she's being singled out.
"One of the counselors told me to take my nose ring out. I told her I couldn't because it would start to bleed on stage." said student, Tessa Ellis.
It should have been her proudest day, but Tessa Ellis' graduation day was incomplete.
"I walked across the stage trying to hold back tears and then after I went to go get my diploma and they wouldn't give it to me because of my nose ring," said Ellis.
"Some of her girlfriends have them. Some of her girlfriends wore them last night. Didn't take them out. Nothing was said, nothing at all," said mother, Lynn Ellis.
This tiny piercing, is causing her big problems.
"I'm hurt for my kid. She went through 13 years to get to this point, and then they take it from her because of a nose ring," said Lynn Ellis.
According to the school dress code:
"Visible piercings cannot be displayed on any part of the body. The only exception for visible piercings is the ear."
"She earned it, you can't just take that away from a person just because of how they look or what you're wearing," said Marko Janjetovic, Parma student.
A district rep tells me this could all be resolved with a parent-teacher conference, as it's their policy with any dress code violation. Then she could get her diploma, but so far they haven't scheduled one.
June 8, 2010
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http://www.woio.com/Global/story.asp?S=12618157
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Posted in: News on June 14, 2010 @ 4:15 AM
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This is absolutely horrible. Why would a school refuse a student their diploma for a simple piercing?? It doesn't make sense....and besides, in most cases, the graduates walk across some sort of stage. Their generally too far away from the audience for it to be seen clearly.
It is also a 'censor' on her free 'speech' in a way. She has every right to express herself through a piercing. Now, granted the school rules are clear, however perhaps the school should be tailoring their rules to match the constitution and not their specific wishes.
This is ridiculous.