Teen suspended for breaking dress code

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But according to Local News 8 in Dayton, Idaho, that's exactly what happened when the West Side High School teen was told on Tuesday to go home and change because her outfit – a lacy mint green dress that fell a few inches above her knees and featured sleeves that nearly reached her elbows – violated the school's dress code policy. (According to The Idaho State Journal, dresses must reach the top of the knee.)

"It was my last day of school. I wanted to feel good about myself," Evette of Preston, Idaho, told the news station. "I was fixing to be a woman in this world that was conquering anything."

Evette told her teacher that she wasn't going to go home and change, which led him to call the superintendent and threaten to hold her diploma for insubordination.

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"I felt that was very threatening and out-of-line for the teacher," Evette said.

The teen called her mom, Michelle Reay, who brought her a new set of clothes to wear (which she says was part of the school's dress code policy), only to find out that Evette had been suspended. The school's principal claimed that Evette had behaved rudely when he said that her dress was too short.

Michelle told The Idaho State Journal that she had approved of the dress, saying that her rule is that a dress must reach past the wearer's fingertips.