Bonny Eagle High School Student Denied Diploma for Blowing a Kiss June 16, 2009 at 10:52 am Justin Denney, a student at Bonny Eagle High School student in Maine, was denied his diploma at a graduation ceremony on June 12th, for "fooling around" after his name was called. His alleged infraction? Denney simply took a bow, blew a kiss to his family, and pointed to his friends as he got up on stage to receive his high school diploma. The school's Superintendent Suzanne Lukas ordered Justin Denney to return to his seat and then refused him his diploma to graduate. Both Denney and his mother Mary Denney are livid - and refuse to accept the school's claim that Denney misbehaved. Justin Denney was graduating from Bonny Eagle High School June 12 and had gotten up on stage to receive his diploma when he gestured to his friends and relatives. School Superintendent Suzanne Lukas abruptly told Denney to return to his seat, according to WMTW TV in Maine. He didn't get his diploma. His mother, Mary Denney, is livid. Her son told her that the superintendent warned, "There's no fooling around up here." "He just kind of looked at her because he wasn't fooling around. He didn't consider that fooling around or misbehaving in any sense of the word," Mary Denney told WMTW. Lukas reportedly asked the soon-to-be graduate why he thought he deserved a diploma. "He goes, 'Because I worked hard and I earned it,' and she goes, 'No, go take your seat,'" his mother told the station. Other students also walked away empty-handed because of various disruptions during the ceremony. Some started playing with beach balls and others were separated from their friends, according to WMTW. Source: foxnews.com
lets make a summary... no diploma because he blew a kiss to his family...... realy? ...reallly?...seriously....?