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Teenager upset with school policy

high school senior is launching a big complaint against her alma matter – claiming a private school in colorado springs wouldn’t let her go to prom – because she has a girlfriend. she spoke with krdo newschannel 13’s greg miller, it’s a story you’ll only see here. senior prom is supposed to be memorable… and it certainly was for kailyn harris… for all the wrong reasons. 1:34 i wanted to bring my girlfriend to prom. i wasn’t allowed to do it. she says… the school changed the rules. 1:05 there was a rule change that guests must be of opposite gender to dances, and thinks like that. and she thinks she is the reason why. 1:15 it wasn’t there the year before. on page 18 of the school handbook – .it specifically says guests at social events must be of the opposite gender. standup: we left mutliple messages for the school over the last two days. a secretary said the superintendent would call us back, but no one ever did. cailin isn’t considering a lawsuit – instead she wrote a blog titled – we aren’t there yet, referencing the supreme’s courts ruling on nationwide same sex marriage last year. she says she’s talking now after graduation so there wouldn’t be consequences from the school. sot: while she says she has plenty of good memories from high school… her prom won’t be one of them. in colorado springs, greg miller, krdo newschannel 13. she says the reason she talked to us … was to give other kids in similar circumstances evidence, that they’re not alone. the race for president

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