of diploma denied to student who bowed, blew kiss to family

Student Denied Diploma After Blowing Kiss: Justin Denney's family watched as he ascended the stage during the Bonny Eagle High School graduation to accept his diploma but the superintendent told him to return to his seat.

The Bonny Eagle High School senior's mother said she can't believe her son's taking a bow and blowing a kiss on stage led was grounds for the superintendent to withhold his diploma.

Mary Denney wants an apology, and her son wants his diploma, reported WMTW-TV in Portland, Maine.

"There was no misbehavior. Showboating is not misbehavior," Mary Denney said. "A bow, a kiss to your mom is not misbehavior. There was no need of my son not getting his diploma."

[via As Maine Goes]