An email sent to a school district employee stated “I’m gonna shoot up this school if you don’t give that young man his diploma,” Asheboro police said.
High school student denied diploma for wearing Mexican flag to graduation Joseph Wilkinson
A North Carolina high school refused to give a student his diploma Thursday because he wore a Mexican flag over his gown at graduation.
Ever Lopez was walking at Asheboro High School’s graduation and received a diploma holder, but the principal never handed over the actual diploma. Video of the incident was shared widely on Twitter and TikTok.
“I just gotta represent,” Lopez told the Asheboro Courier-Tribune. “I did it for my family. They came over here to give me a better future.”
The school said the diploma was withheld because Lopez violated its dress code.
School officials in Asheboro, North Carolina defended the decision to withhold the student's diploma, saying that wearing a flag of any kind is a violation of the dress code.
ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) A North Carolina high school senior was denied his diploma because he draped a Mexican flag over his gown in violation of a graduation dress code, school officials said.