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Student Suspended for Halloween costume..

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 9:39 pm
by Josephine96
I know this would make sense to have been put in here Friday but I didn't hear about it till this morning.. plus it happened at my alma mater

OSCEOLA STUDENT SUSPENDED FOR T SHIRT: A student at OHS was suspended Friday for wearing a t shirt that was decorated with condoms. 16 year old Lanessa Riobe decided to make the costume because she saw so many safe sex commercials on TV, she said. She began passing the condoms out to her classmates during 1st period and was later sent home and suspended for 3 days for being a class disruption. She was also reported to have an insolent attitude. Principal Chuck Paradiso commented on the matter stating "This is something you don't do in a public school". Paradiso later reduced her suspension to 1 day. Lanessa's mother Melissa commented on the matter stating " Sex can be deadly and people need to know that.. I just can't believe they'd suspend her for doing something good." Riobe's mother even supported her idea and purchased the condoms for her costume. {source:local6.com}

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 9:49 pm
by Josephine96
Just for the record before I read this story.. I don't know whether to laugh or wonder.. Interesting idea for a costume :) lol

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 10:39 pm
by Miss Mary
Clever costume. She could have pulled that off in college, just not high school! What was her mother thinking? You feel bad for the student, since the mother obviously encouraged it. Still it was clever.......

Mary

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 10:48 pm
by Josephine96
Yes I agree. Clever costume.. but you're right.. in high school it couldn't be pulled off. In college maybe.. but not HS

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 11:59 pm
by ColdFront77
I heard/saw this on the local (Orlando) news Friday evening. Interesting story and something a parent even wasn't against.

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:54 am
by Lindaloo
Well, I have a good one for you all!! There were three kids that were dressed up as Klansman. No, they were not white kids, they were African American kids. lol.

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:35 am
by wx247
Lindaloo wrote:Well, I have a good one for you all!! There were three kids that were dressed up as Klansman. No, they were not white kids, they were African American kids. lol.


:eek: :eek: :eek:

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:19 pm
by Lindaloo
It was funny to me Garrett!! LOL!!

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 1:26 pm
by streetsoldier
HOW THINGS DO CHANGE...when my mother told me to put my "rubbers" on, it was either raining or snowing. :roll:

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 3:57 pm
by TexasStooge
LOL!! Clever costume, but dumb idea.

Here at Irving ISD, any student who wears a costume gets the same punishment as that kid. Back when I was in 6th grade, we were allowed to wear costumes, but after that Columbine tragedy, we weren't.

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 7:59 am
by Danaus
Now if she had been handing out Planned Parenthood brochures, would she still have been suspended? PP hands out condoms in many high schools.