Student suspended for wearing Santa suit to school
WALLINGFORD, Pa. (AP) — A suburban Philadelphia teenager has been suspended for wearing a Santa Claus suit to school.
Michael Hance says he told his principal that he planned to wear the suit to Strath Haven High School and hand out candy canes.
The 18-year-old senior says the principal told him that wasn’t a good idea because it would be a distraction.
But he wore the suit anyway, with regular clothes underneath in case he was asked to take it off.
He got nabbed a few minutes after he walked into his first class on Tuesday.
The district says in a statement Hance was suspended for the day for “defiance of authority.”
Hance says the school could have just given him a detention.
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Michael Hance says he told his principal that he planned to wear the suit to Strath Haven High School and hand out candy canes.
The 18-year-old senior says the principal told him that wasn’t a good idea because it would be a distraction.
But he wore the suit anyway, with regular clothes underneath in case he was asked to take it off.
He got nabbed a few minutes after he walked into his first class on Tuesday.
The district says in a statement Hance was suspended for the day for “defiance of authority.”
Hance says the school could have just given him a detention.
© 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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