So they already went through some process to be pre-approved by the school board.

Then they forced her to verbally say that she would not participate in the ceremony in order to get her phone so that she could call her parents.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but it’s unfortunate that there really isn’t a way to go back and re-do your graduation.

Her family argues that the school district had already given her permission to wear them, but officials refuse to budge.
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“My sister was denied from walking at her graduation minutes before her ceremony because school staff would not let her wear traditional Hawaiian lei’s. After getting further approval from the district board to wear them, faculty members further then restricted access to having her phone and forced Sophia, A MINOR, to verbally say she was not going to participate in the ceremony in order for her to contact her parents after the fact,” it reads.