Marine turned away from high school graduation for wearing uniform
CROWN POINT, Ind. -- A Marine was turned away from his high school graduation ceremony in Indiana this week when he showed up in his dress blues instead of the standard cap and gown.
The Northwest Indiana Times reports Jacob Stanley graduated from Crown Point High School in December and joined the Marines. He completed boot camp last week and flew home for Tuesday's ceremony.
School principal Chip Petit tells the newspaper tradition calls for all students to wear a cap and gown to graduation. He says individual students can recognize achievements such as military service by wearing stoles or chords over their gowns.
He says the policy isn't "intended to be disrespectful" to students entering the military.
Some of Stanley's classmates told the newspaper that they were disappointed by the decision.
Stanley isn't the first Marine to make headlines over a clothing discrepancy at graduation.
CBS Los Angeles reports a Redlands High School prevented a student named Elias Valezquez from wearing a sash he earned for enlisting in the U.S. Army at graduation.
The school's rules say students aren't allowed to wear any cords or sashes over their caps and gowns. It doesn't matter if it's from a school, club, college or branch of the military.
