Shelton, CT, United States (AHN) – A high schooler’s prom date request has led him to be suspended and, even though the girl said yes, he’s not allowed at prom.
James Tate was suspended from Shelton High School for hanging 12-inch cardboard letters on the outside façade of the school asking classmate Sonali Rodrigues to be his prom date.
The message read, “Sonali Rodrigues, Will you go to prom with me? HMU [Hit Me Up] Tate.”
His school considered the move a safety risk and trespassing.
The school has a policy that anyone suspended after April 1 isn’t allowed to attend special events.
Tate said he took every precaution when he posted the message early Friday, sometime between 1 and 3 a.m.
“I had one friend hold the ladder while the other put double-sided tape on the letters,” he told the Connecticut Post. Tate also said he wore a helmet.
As for the claim that he trespassed on school grounds, he said he didn’t enter the school at all. While the front gates to the school were locked, Tate said he and his friends were able to get onto the grounds on a footpath.
Despite breaking the school’s rule, he’s garnered tremendous support. Even the mayor and the Connecticut governor say the case should get a second look.
However, the principal isn’t budging. Dr. Beth Smith is unrelenting in her decision. That has garnered Smith a lot of criticism for her decision to ban James from the dance. More than 130,000 followers voiced their displeasure on a Facebook page called “Let James Tate Go To the Prom.”
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