ARMY OFFICER DENIED ENTRY TO HIS DAUGHTERS HIGH SCHOOL FOR WEARING HIS UNIFORM. COMMENTARY: This happens in America? The men to fight for OUR freedom and to keep us and our families safe? There is no excuse for this happening. Especially when the superintendent says there was NEVER a policy stating that people in uniform could not enter the schools. How did the security guard and five other officials that refused him entry come to their conclusion of denying him into the school? How does the superintendent come to the conclusion that they misunderstood the school policy? smh ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. -- When Lt. Colonel Sherwood Baker tried to meet his daughter, who was sitting in the counseling office at her high school, the Army officer was denied entrance by school security. When Baker asked why he couldnt enter the office building, security told him that the schools policy does not allow military uniforms because it may offend students. The incident occurred at Rochester Adams High School in Oakland County, MI near Detroit. Sherwoods wife, Rachel Ferhadson, was waiting in the car said that Barker was told he would not be allowed on school property unless he changed his attire. The security officer claimed that men and women dressed in uniform were not allowed on the campus. They told him some kids might not understand and might be offended. So they gave him a choice, told him he could phone in to the office or go home and change his clothes, said Ferhadson. Baker was told of the same policy by four individual staff members at the school. Baker and his wife arrived at Rochester during normal school hours to settle a dispute in regards to their daughters class schedule. Rochester superintendent Robert Shaner, himself a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has since issued an apology to Baker and his family. Shaner said that there is no district policy banning those in uniform, and believes the incident occurred because of staffs misunderstanding of current policy. Baker has served in the U.S. Army for 24 years, including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Admin/Sharon..... 6abc/302500/
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:00:01 +0000
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