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"A totally adorable kid named James Tate, who goes to high school in Shelton, CT, will not be allowed to attend his own prom for a number of reasons, none of which make much sense. The Shelton High School Senior asked his friend, Sonali Rodrigues, to prom by posting cardboard letters on his school&amp;amp;#8217;s front wall. He accomplished it with a ladder and the help of some friends in the wee hours of the morning last Friday. Tate wanted Sonali to see it when she got to school in the morning. &amp;quot;It took a lot of effort,&amp;quot; Tate told the Connecticut Post. But he and his friends were given a one-day suspension and were banned from prom, since anyone suspended after April 1 would not be allowed to go to prom. The reasons for his suspension? His actions had posed a &amp;quot;safety risk&amp;quot; (although he was wearing a helmet on that ladder!), and because he trespassed on school grounds. He tried to get a detention instead or&amp;amp;#8212;this is so cute&amp;amp;#8212;even do community service, so that he could go to prom. But...no dice. &amp;quot;This is ridiculous,&amp;quot; Rodrigues told the Post. &amp;quot;James is one of my best friends and we are both good kids who never got in trouble. I&amp;#x27;ve never been to the principal&amp;#x27;s office except to get an award.&amp;quot; Rodrigues is allowed to go to prom, and she will go with a friend whose boyfriend has also been suspended (for an unrelated reason). (Wow, Shelton sounds like one suspension-happy school!) Did you go to prom? If you feel bad for James or think his punishment is unjust, leave a note on this Facebook page. Or: maybe it&amp;amp;#8217;s better not to go&amp;amp;#8212;did you enjoy prom? Or were you over it by the time you got there? More Ways to Get Glamour: Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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