Wow One of the best days of his life, Andrew Jones was denied from his graduation at a Louisiana Amite High School due to his Beard.
WWLTV reports: Andrew attended the gradation fully decked out in a cap and gown, complete with a valedictorian cord.He didn’t get the chance because of what he was wearing on his face.
“Eventually they took my gown,” he recalled, “They told me they had to take my gown from me.”
The school district says it has a policy of no facial hair on male students.
The superintendent said Jones and his family were reminded of the rule three times, including graduation night, along with 13 other graduates.
They were told if they didn’t go in the bathroom to shave, they couldn’t participate with the class.Jones was the only one who refused, because he said that rule was never enforced before.
Eyewitness News uncovered two pictures of Jones from this school year, one at the school,
one at the school board office, including the superintendent. Both show Jones with a beard from ear to ear.“It don’t make sense, every day of school I went with it, even more, I did shave,” said Jones,
“I had like sides and everything, but I shaved that for graduation.”