A Florida teenager says she was denied entry to her public school’s prom because she wore a suit, which the school says violated its dress code for formal occasions.
But Sophie was turned away, Holly said, after Nissa Mitchell, the vice principal, told them Sophie’s suit violated the dress code.
Holly said Sophie was told she could come back to the dance only if she went home and changed into a dress.
She doesn’t like to wear dresses — it’s just not her.’ And [the vice principal] said, ‘Well, unfortunately, those are the rules.’”.
Sophie Savidge had previously worn a suit to her school's Valentine's Day dance.
“But I was also really shocked, because I didn’t think that it was going to be a problem,” she said of wearing the suit.
Though Sophie said she didn’t think her school would block her from attending prom for wearing a suit, she researched laws and court cases ahead of time. »
