Confederate flag dress gets teen sent home from prom
A Tennessee teenager was turned down from her high school prom for wearing a red, white and blue sequined dress that resembled the Confederate battle flag, the Jackson Sun reported. When 18-year-old...
View ArticleTexas high school yearbook calls special needs students ‘mentally retarded’
A Texas high school confiscated all the copies of this year’s yearbook after two special needs students were incorrectly labeled as “mentally retarded,” according to KDFW-TV in Dallas.
View ArticleHigh school’s gay ‘cutest couple’ draw raves
When Dylan Meehan and Brad Taylor won the “cutest couple” title in the Carmel High School yearbook last week, it was the first time for a same-sex pair at the suburban New York high school. People...
View ArticleHug earns Georgia high school student a year of suspension, delayed graduation
Sometimes, you just need a hug. Other times, not so much as a Duluth High School senior recently learned, according to CBS Atlanta. Surveillance camera footage captured Sam McNair as he wrapped his...
View ArticleFlorida school votes to drop early KKK leader’s name from high school
Nathan B. Forrest was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army and the first Grand Dagon of the Ku Klux Klan. And until Monday, one Florida town still had a school named after him. On Monday, the...
View ArticleBoston parents unhappy with risque condom wrappers
Boston parents are outraged after the Department of Public Health and the public school system handed out packages of free condoms to students. But it’s not what you think. It’s not the condoms that...
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