[christiangirl]

So just to clarify, they weren't banned from the ball, one was not allowed to bring the other (who presumably went to another school) so she chose not to come? The thread title made me think that they were both told not to come at all.

The school had a point (and by point, I mean a "point" with the sarcastic quotation marks). It's an all-girls school and we want them to be social with boys. Okay. Why not team them up with an all-boys' school for a joint ball? My own thoughts aside, the school screwed themselves with their inconsistency (saying it was this, then no it was her age, but other girls brought younger boys, etc). If they'd just say "She's a grade younger and therefore not allowed" from the jump, this wouldn't be news and they could have had their social skill building in peace. Instead, everyone is questioning their actions and calling discrimination though that honestly probably was not their intention (and like Phil said, intent and outcome are 2 different things but discrimination is based on the latter).

SN: The article noted that Savannah changed schools to be with Hannah and the comments seemed to regard that as a romantic ending for 2 brave girls. I wonder what the public reaction would be if it were a boy who switched schools and his girlfriend followed him to the new one.