Community Corner

Daily Question: May 14

Today's question asks Lindy residents about you feel about James Tate, the Shelton High senior originally banned from prom.

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Today’s question:

and the two friends who helped him tape the words, the question, “Sonali Rodrigues, will you go to prom with me?” to the side of Shelton High School in Connecticut are now allowed to go to the prom.

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Tate and his two friends were originally given one-day, in-school suspensions, and because those suspensions fell after a school-mandated deadline of April 1 for receiving that type of suspension, they were suspended.

Today, the school’s decision was reversed after a week of media frenzy, national outcry and a Facebook page dedicated to his cause was created.

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  • How did you feel about James Tate and his friends being banned by Shelton High School from the prom? Are you happy the school reversed its decision?

Please share your thoughts below.

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