According to WRAL, the principal asked Summer to put on a jacket, to which Summer responded that she thought her shirt was “fine.” The principal replied by saying that her lower back was “also completely exposed,” going against the school’s dress code.

Still, the teacher reportedly told her that she’d have to change her clothes, which she protested.

“I completely understand why a dress code is put into place but I feel like after I put on that jacket it should have been subdued,” Summer told WCNC.

Summer said that she’s had problems with the principal before, so much so that her mother now has to be informed of any disciplinary action taken against her child before it happens.

Summer then joined her classmates for an assembly, but was targeted by the principal, who had a school security officer with her.

“The security guard was within five feet of me, he had his hand on his gun. The principal said, ‘I’m gonna give you an ultimatum. We have tried to call your mother. You either come with me to the control room to change your shirt or we will arrest you,'” she said. “I stayed in my seat just like a lot of role models that I have looked up to stayed in their seats. I mean, you have to stand up for what you believe in.”

Summer went to the control room with the school administrators where she was given a ten-day suspension and ordered not to attend any senior activities, including graduation.

“It’s just sad because I worked so hard for four years to walk across that stage,” she said. “We have drug dealers walking across that stage, we have sex offenders walking across that stage and then the 4.4 student who showed her shoulders can’t.”

The official cause for suspension according to the letter sent home was “insubordination”. She said the principal is still considering expelling her, which could affect her scholarships, but her mother plans to appeal.

The school has declined comment, citing student privacy.

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