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"When Sandra Lantz was 17 years old in 1963, Bothell High School&amp;#039;s principal and vice principal asked her to leave school because she was six months pregnant [via The Seattle Times].  Despite her good grades and involvement with the school, the administrators saw her pregnancy as a problem, and so Lantz quietly disenrolled and walked the five miles home. Undeterred, Lantz went on to complete her diploma requirements at another school, marry, and earn a college degree and two masters. But it still bothered her best friend Lynda Humphrey that such a promising student was unceremoniously kicked out of school. Humphrey wanted to see Lantz&amp;#039;s name on Bothell High School&amp;#039;s Wall of Honor \u2014 a distinction she could only receive if she had a diploma from the school \u2014 so she hunted down old transcripts, contacted lawyers, and spoke with the school district to fight for her BFF.  It paid off. This weekend, the school superintendent finally handed Lantz her real, legal, Bothell High School degree. Humphrey even made sure Lantz had a cap and gown and played &amp;quot;Pomp and Circumstance&amp;quot; on an iPad. &amp;quot;I only thought one sentence into what I could say here \u2014 and I knew I would stammer through it,&amp;quot; said Lantz. &amp;quot;And that one sentence is, &amp;#039;Now I belong.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Follow Frank on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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