It looks like Constance McMillen wasn't invited to prom after all.
The prom the school district promised at the country club in Fulton was a ruse. Only seven kids, Constance, and her date showed, and at the same time, everyone else held a ârealâ prom at a secret location out in the county.This is all after the school district had represented to Judge Davidson that Constance was invited to a parent-sponsored prom to be held at Tupelo Furniture Market. The school represented that Constance was invited in court filings, testimony, and representations by the school district and its lawyers. In reality, Constance had not been invited, but, based on the representations by the district and its counsel, Judge Davidson denied Constanceâs request for a preliminary injunction that she could go to the prom.
The school reneged, or possibly didnât ever intend to follow through on its representations to the court. The parents didnât want Constance at the prom and didnât want to be sued (as they told the Clarion Ledger), and so on Tuesday announced the cancellation of the prom.
But what theyâd done was secretly relocated it.
More here. Via JoeMyGod. Here's hoping the ACLU goes after the school for a lot more than $1 in damages nowâand the school officials who went into court and lied under oath.