Mireya Briceno, a secondary school senior, was kicked out of her prom for wearing this dress, which as far as anyone knows abused the clothing standard. (Photograph: Connie Briceno)
The mother of a 18-year-old young lady is standing up this week after her little girl was kicked out of her secondary school prom on Friday for apparently abusing the school clothing standard.
Connie Briceno ran prom dress shopping with her girl, Mireya, and did as such with the
clothing regulation at the top of the priority list, she says. "The rules particularly said revealing dresses are worthy," the Michigan mother tells Hurray Child rearing. "The guidelines expressed the dress expected to hold fast to the 'fingertip principle' – importance the dress needed to hit underneath at the tip of your finger when remaining with her arms close by. They additionally said no midriff demonstrating, which to me means stomach. Also, they said the words 'risqué dresses are adequate
The
dress code for the Muskegon High School Prom specifically stated that
backless dresses were acceptable. (Photo: Connie Briceno)
So
when Mireya chose a long, backless, short-sleeved blue dress with white
polka dots for her senior prom, Connie thought it was perfect. “We
looked at the rules, and we picked the dress together,” she says. “I
thought she looked beautiful.”
When
Mireya first arrived at prom, she had no problem getting in, Connie
says. “She took a picture with her cheer coach, she took pictures with
her friends, and she hung out, got punch, it was no big deal,” Connie
says. “But after an hour, the vice principal approached her and asked
her to stand up. After she stood up, she was asked to turn around, and
when she did the vice principal just said, ‘You have to leave, you’re in
dress code violation.’”
