All I can say on this matter is, Did the school tell them what they could or could not wear? If they did not have some kind of guide lines set up, then they really could not say anything to her. She will probably sue them because of this also. When I went to prom in 1992 and 1993, they did not tell us what we could or could not wear.

Okay. Three comments here. No where does it indicate that she didn't have the option of returning home, changing, and coming back to the prom in something more acceptable. She was given the "go home or go to jail" ultimatum when she refused to depart in what she was wearing at that time. There is nothing "harsh" about that.
Secondly, to the person that stated, "if they did not have some kind of guidelines set up, then there is nothing they could say to her." WRONG. There are no guidelines at my job that say I can't walk in wearing a belly shirt (I'm a man) or no pants, however, I still know I can't walk in that way! Give me a break. Finally, to you racist bigots using this forum to show your hate filled ignorance here, go back to your trailers, you're an embarrasement to the rest of us and to yourselves.

Claudia,
you mentioned the words.. BLACK WHORE.
well, it's clear that you're a racist. If the young lady in the dress ( or lack thereof ) would have been WHITE..

It would have made no difference as to the lack of CLASS, STYLE OR, TASTE. The dress is a disgrace to all women. No matter what color she happens to be.
Choose your words more carefully next time. Race should not play a part in having SELF RESPECT.
And, before you sound off... no, i'm not Black. I'm Irish American.

Yet, most importantly... I'M A WOMAN.

claudia you are an idiot and idiots should not be allowed to post commetns on blogs!!!! The fact that she does not know what is appropriate does mean she is doing drugs and sleeping with every man she sees. it means she is naive, needs some guidance and is imitating what she see in society

*typo* ...the fact that does not know what is inappropriate does NOT mean...

First off lets get spelling right. what is a whoe? I thought it was hoe or whore. Then for you to say "black whoe" it doesn't matter what color she is the fact is that she wore it.

I wonder what you would say if someone described your daughter in that manner regardless of race. It's very easy to be cruel when you have hidden issues yourself.... Advice- Find a Good Therapist to deal with your issues either they be physical; about men who abused you; women; race or any other short comings that satan has convienced you that you have to allow you to be ignorant and mean spirited.... Have at it on the reply to this response, as I won't continue this with you.. I just had to bust your bubble sweetie..... Get delivered from that drama, why don't you.. geesh... enough drama in the world without the likes of your limited mentality about people.....

"Where were the parents...o lets wait, no daddy of course and mom's is a crack whoe." - It's obvious that you are an uneducated bigot, as other people have already pointed out. But, why has no one complained about your stupid description of her parents? "Agreement by omission?" Every word you wrote was full of hate and fear. I don't know what happened to you, but you need to get some help, SOON!

Well, the SCHOOL has the right to lay down the rules -- and they did, in writing, in advance of the prom.

This girl clearly didn't give a damn about the rules and just went to shock.

TOTAL NEONAZI BIGOT

This comment is actually for Nik comment #11. Since you think she is such a great person and shouldn't be labeled as a HOE. Why don't you go check out her myspace eh...here's the link

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=347869414

If that page really does belong to her and she's the one who wrote about what happened....problem solved!

Anyone who has such a poor grasp of the English language shouldn't be allowed to graduate from high school, meaning she'd have another shot at a senior prom next year. Seriously. At least...I would hope so. Expecting perfect spelling and grammar is unreasonable, but THAT was atrocious. Seriously. High school graduation standards *should* be significantly higher than that.

And I would hope she'd think enough of herself to expend this time and energy on improving her education instead of wasting it by parading myself around in the media. If my verbal skills were so poor as what is demonstrated on that myspace page, I certainly wouldn't want to draw so much attention to myself. I'd much prefer to improve myself....for ME.