Now the teenager is fighting the administration on social networks.
#LetNannyGoToProm – let granny go to prom. This hashtag has been circulating on American social networks for a week now. It was launched by schoolboy Bruce Maine from Alabama. He is 18 years old, and very soon the guy will celebrate his prom. For a momentous event, Bruce called not his beloved girl or a neighbor on the desk, but his 69-year-old grandmother Catherine. It so happened that she never had a prom. A loving grandson decided to fix it.
– Every girl deserves to go to the prom at least once! Says Bruce. – Moreover, my grandmother is the most important woman in my life!
On a large poster, the guy wrote “Graduation?” Granny could not refuse such an offer. Catherine was so excited! The eyes shone with happiness.
– I kept asking Bruce: “Why don’t you get someone else?” But he answered: “No, I want to go with my grandma!” I was so moved! This is such an honor for me! – the woman is touched.
Catherine immediately went shopping to buy herself a beautiful evening dress.
– My daughter, my grandchildren and even Bruce’s girlfriend – all helped me choose the outfit for the ball. We found the perfect dress! All the women in the store were so excited when they found out that I was going to the school ball, ”says the grandmother.
Catherine was counting the days until her first graduation, when suddenly a message came from school. Upon learning of Bruce’s plans, the administration forbade the guy to bring his grandmother with him. Catherine’s heart was broken …
The story of a grandmother who did not make it to prom made a lot of noise on social networks and local newspapers. The outraged journalists demanded that the management be held accountable.
“The safety of students and school staff is a top priority for the administration,” director Steve Hawkins said to the newspaper executives. – Every year, students are asked to bring adults to the ball. But we reject these requests. Most high schools have an age limit for prom attendees. It’s a security issue. “
How exactly a 69-year-old woman could threaten the safety, the director did not specify.
But Katherine’s grandson said that the reason why the school did not let his grandmother go to the ball was alcohol. Say, a grandmother can carry something stronger in her purse and give all the graduates a drink to delirium tremens.
“They think that if they let Bruce take his grandmother with him to prom, then in the future graduates will do the same for fun,” says Bruce’s cousin Sarah.
In protest, the guy refused to go to the school ball. Instead, he decided to give Granny his prom.