Elementary School Under Fire After Banning Moms From Graduation Ceremony
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An elementary school in Texas has parents' blood boiling over a policy some say is unfair and specifically targets moms who lack support systems.
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A TikTok video of parents being denied entry to graduation at Lowery Elementary School in Houston went viral because the moms were told they couldn't attend their kids' graduation because they had younger children with them who were not allowed inside.
Unsurprisingly, the interaction outside the school got heated, as did a debate online. A lot of people are talking, and most of them are pretty darn upset.
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The viral TikTok shows a woman in a blue Lowery Elementary School T-shirt ushering people inside the school.
THE VIDEO BEGINS WITH A SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ADDRESSING AN UPSET PARENT.
But the woman in blue promptly stops the mom recording, who seemingly has a child in her arms, and says, "Your baby cannot come in."
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The mom questions her, and she responds, "We don't have siblings in this party at all."
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A mom holding a toddler addresses another woman, who tells her the information was allegedly sent in an email ahead of time explaining that siblings would not be allowed at the graduation. She claims no one said anything, and now they won't let them in.
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THE MOM JOINED A GROUP OF OTHER ANGRY MOMS WHO BELIEVED THAT THE SCHOOL WAS ACTING 'PETTY.'
"Until you find a solution, stop telling us no," the mom demands.
THE ANGRY MOM DEMANDED A SOLUTION.
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"Find a solution that can work for everybody instead of just for you." The woman in blue reappears and tries to console the child.
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The woman in blue tells the child she knows her mom is recording, and that's OK, but reaffirms that parents were told ahead of time with plenty of notice to make accommodations.
FIRST, SOME PEOPLE SIDED WITH THE SCHOOL.
"The school informed these parents and the parents chose not to read it!!!! There are REASONS they did this. Stop blaming the schools," one comment reads.
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"This is a Cyfair ISD school. My kids are in the same district- they do inform us no siblings! I'm not saying I agree but I am saying we are aware."
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"how about the single moms who can't afford to have people watch their kids all day," someone asked.
MOST THINK THE POLICY IS GARBAGE.
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"Thank you for putting a spotlight on this. There's a toxicity with in communities of excluding young kids and it's wrong," another person wrote.
"I just get those what about the single moms and dads that don't have literally no one to watch the other kids and why not let their own siblings watch," another comment read.
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"I got furious 😡 just watching that! So I can only imagine how the moms who had to go through it felt! Shame on them," an angry TikToker wrote.
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"I also seriously wanted to unravel when she was touching the little girl crying all passive aggressive ..." someone else chimed in.
