Should This High School Senior be Suspended for Attending his Girlfriend's Senior Prom?
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Ohio Christian school tells student to skip prom
FINDLAY, Ohio – A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school that forbids dancing, rock music, hand-holding and kissing will be suspended if he takes his girlfriend to her public high school prom, his principal said.
Despite the warning, 17-year-old Tyler Frost, who has never been to a dance before, said he plans to attend Findlay High School's prom Saturday.
Frost, a senior at Heritage Christian School in northwest Ohio, agreed to the school's rules when he signed a statement of cooperation at the beginning of the year, principal Tim England said.
The teen, who is scheduled to receive his diploma May 24, would be suspended from classes and receive an "incomplete" on remaining assignments, England said. Frost also would not be permitted to attend graduation but would get a diploma once he completes final exams. If Frost is involved with alcohol or sex at the prom, he will be expelled, England said.
Frost's stepfather Stephan Johnson said the school's rules should not apply outside the classroom.
"He deserves to wear that cap and gown," Johnson said.
Frost said he thought he had handled the situation properly. Findlay requires students from other schools attending the prom to get a signature from their principal, which Frost did.
"I expected a short lecture about making the right decisions and not doing something stupid," Frost said. "I thought I would get his signature and that would be the end."
England acknowledged signing the form but warned Frost there would be consequences if he attended the dance. England then took the issue to a school committee made up of church members, who decided to threaten Frost with suspension.
"In life, we constantly make decisions whether we are going to please self or please God. (Frost) chose one path, and the school committee chose the other," England said.
The handbook for the 84-student Christian school says rock music "is part of the counterculture which seeks to implant seeds of rebellion in young people's hearts and minds."
England said Frost's family should not be surprised by the school's position.
"For the parents to claim any injustice regarding this issue is at best forgetful and at worst disingenuous," he said. "It is our hope that the student and his parents will abide by the policies they have already agreed to."
The principal at Findlay High School, whose graduates include Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, said he respects, but does not agree with, Heritage Christian School's view of prom.
"I don't see (dancing and rock music) as immoral acts," Craig Kupferberg said.
Information from: The Courier, http://www.thecourier.com
FINDLAY, Ohio – A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school that forbids dancing, rock music, hand-holding and kissing will be suspended if he takes his girlfriend to her public high school prom, his principal said.
Despite the warning, 17-year-old Tyler Frost, who has never been to a dance before, said he plans to attend Findlay High School's prom Saturday.
Frost, a senior at Heritage Christian School in northwest Ohio, agreed to the school's rules when he signed a statement of cooperation at the beginning of the year, principal Tim England said.
The teen, who is scheduled to receive his diploma May 24, would be suspended from classes and receive an "incomplete" on remaining assignments, England said. Frost also would not be permitted to attend graduation but would get a diploma once he completes final exams. If Frost is involved with alcohol or sex at the prom, he will be expelled, England said.
Frost's stepfather Stephan Johnson said the school's rules should not apply outside the classroom.
"He deserves to wear that cap and gown," Johnson said.
Frost said he thought he had handled the situation properly. Findlay requires students from other schools attending the prom to get a signature from their principal, which Frost did.
"I expected a short lecture about making the right decisions and not doing something stupid," Frost said. "I thought I would get his signature and that would be the end."
England acknowledged signing the form but warned Frost there would be consequences if he attended the dance. England then took the issue to a school committee made up of church members, who decided to threaten Frost with suspension.
"In life, we constantly make decisions whether we are going to please self or please God. (Frost) chose one path, and the school committee chose the other," England said.
The handbook for the 84-student Christian school says rock music "is part of the counterculture which seeks to implant seeds of rebellion in young people's hearts and minds."
England said Frost's family should not be surprised by the school's position.
"For the parents to claim any injustice regarding this issue is at best forgetful and at worst disingenuous," he said. "It is our hope that the student and his parents will abide by the policies they have already agreed to."
The principal at Findlay High School, whose graduates include Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, said he respects, but does not agree with, Heritage Christian School's view of prom.
"I don't see (dancing and rock music) as immoral acts," Craig Kupferberg said.
Information from: The Courier, http://www.thecourier.com
Top Opinion
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168290 2009/05/09 07:44:56Before you know it, dancing at the prom leads to the horizontal boogie.
I think the whole school is awful and is barely worth the Christian title it flaunts. Plus, it is a person's actions and not their siuation that makes them a "good person".
For example, he could go to the prom and not "kiss women" or "agree with rock music", even if he is around women, people kissing women and rock music.
AMERICANS HAVE TURNED IT INTO A NEEDLES
PROLONGATION OF CHILDHOOD.
APPARENTLY, THE FACULTY AT HERITAGE DO NOT
TRUST THEIR YOUNG CHARGES TO ACT IN A MATURE
MANNER ONCE THEIR BACKS ARE TURNED. IT IS NOT
MATURE, AT SEVENTEEN, TO AGREE TO A SET OF RULES GEARED TO A THIRTEEN OR FOURTEEN -YEAR
OLD. AS TO CHILDREN OBEYING THEIR ELDERS:
WHEN I WAS A LAD OF TWENTY-TWO, I HAD JUST GOTTEN A JOB IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. THE
PROBLEM WAS, A BUS STRIKE WAS LOOMING, AND I
DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE.
MY FATHER DICTATED WHERE I SHOULD LIVE DOWNTOWN; TO HIS CREDIT, HE SHELLED OUT THE
FIRST MONTH'S RENT. IT WAS A NICE PLACE, BUT I
MOVE OUT WITHIN A WEEK RATHER THAN STAY IN AN
APARTMENT THAT REMINDED ME THAT I HAD GIVEN IN
MY FATHER PROMISED THAT HE WOULD RESPECT MY
FUTURE DECISIONS. FOUR YEARS LATER, I LEARNED
WHAT HIS PROMISES WERE WORTH.
I HAD GRADUATED COLLEGE, AND BOUGHT A CAR
OUT OF MY OWN SAVINGS. MY FATHER WAS FURIOUS
HE SAID HIS PROMISES TO RESPECT MY DECISIONS
DIDN'T APPLY IN THIS INSTANCE.
BACK WE WENT TO THE USED CAR DEALER. MY
FATHER TRIED TO UNDERMINE MY WILL BY OFFERING
TO PAY ONE-HALF THE COST OF A MUCH NICER CAR.
I WAS TWENTY-SIX, AND I TOLD HIM IT'S HIGH TIME
I MADE MY OWN DECISIONS. HE KNEW WHEN HE
WAS BEATEN
Oh and I am so sure he is going to screw her on the buffet table while drinking a quart of rum.... HOW THE HELL WOULD THEY KNOW IF HE DRINKS OR HAS SEX???
And what the hell does THAT school do for Prom?
And as far as rock and roll being the "Counter culture"?
LMFAO!
NO ROCK MUSIC!!! WHAT TEH F'N F
NO DANCING(I cant dance so yeah)
and no other stuff thats just lame
He's 17...
In biblical times, most would have a wife and child by 17.
taking his girlfriend to the prom is not going to send him to hell. I think that he should do what he wants to do and be happy.
Not that integrity doesn't apply... the boy should make a decision based on what he believes is right... if he doesn't believe in the school's policy, then he should ask for a transfer to another school. To NOT do so is hypocritical.