FINDLAY, Ohio (May 8) - A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school that forbids dancing, rock music, hand-holding and kissing will be suspended if he takes his girlfriend to her public high school prom, his principal said.
Despite the warning, 17-year-old Tyler Frost, who has never been to a dance before, said he plans to attend Findlay High School's prom Saturday.
Frost, a senior at Heritage Christian School in northwest Ohio, agreed to the school's rules when he signed a statement of cooperation at the beginning of the year, principal Tim England said.
The teen, who is scheduled to receive his diploma May 24, would be suspended from classes and receive an "incomplete" on remaining assignments, England said. Frost also would not be permitted to attend graduation but would get a diploma once he completes final exams. If Frost is involved with alcohol or sex at the prom, he will be expelled, England said.
Frost's stepfather Stephan Johnson said the school's rules should not apply outside the classroom."He deserves to wear that cap and gown," Johnson said.
Frost said he thought he had handled the situation properly. Findlay requires students from other schools attending the prom to get a signature from their principal, which Frost did.
"I expected a short lecture about making the right decisions and not doing something stupid," Frost said. "I thought I would get his signature and that would be the end."
England acknowledged signing the form but warned Frost there would be consequences if he attended the dance. England then took the issue to a school committee made up of church members, who decided to threaten Frost with suspension.
"In life, we constantly make decisions whether we are going to please self or please God. (Frost) chose one path, and the school committee chose the other," England said.
The handbook for the 84-student Christian school says rock music "is part of the counterculture which seeks to implant seeds of rebellion in young people's hearts and minds."
England said Frost's family should not be surprised by the school's position.
"For the parents to claim any injustice regarding this issue is at best forgetful and at worst disingenuous," he said. "It is our hope that the student and his parents will abide by the policies they have already agreed to."The principal at Findlay High School, whose graduates include Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, said he respects, but does not agree with, Heritage Christian School's view of prom.
"I don't see (dancing and rock music) as immoral acts," Craig Kupferberg said.
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ScoobaDawg |
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Wow...
I feel like Im reading a news story from the 1950s or so.. That is not a christian school, that is a damn cult. |
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99jc |
Is this staring kevin bacon? | #2 | ||
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SwampDawg |
Hey, I love drinking, good looking women, and dancing close | #3 | ||
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but if he really signed up to go by the rules, and the rules say he can't do that even out of school time, then he is screwed by his own hand. If you
don't want to go by the rules then don't sign up.l
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Rebels7 |
That sounds like the worst school ever | #4 | ||
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And I bet their football team blows.
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jakldawg |
Or he could be like some of his other classmates | #5 | ||
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(I'm assuming) and do whatever the hell he wants in his spare time, and then lie his ass off about it later.
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Berserker |
Ah yes .... | #6 | ||
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The joys of christianity ...
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hankp |
I bet they consider Elvis a gospel singer..... | #7 | ||
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Winston Churchill say:
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results" |
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TBonewannabe |
Could be that he thought it meant in school when he signed the agreement | #8 | ||
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The agreement might not have specified about the behavior and the kids just assume it means on school property or at school functions.
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patdog |
Many "Christian" schools ARE cults. | #9 | ||
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Henry Kissinger |
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if my kids don't graduate from mississippi college they are NOT welcome back home
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patdog |
At one time, and probably still today, one of the biggest cults of all. | #11 | ||
Henry Kissinger wrote:When I was at MSU, a friend of mine told me about her first 2 years at MC. It was unbelievably repressive. She said she'd never cheated and lied as much in her life as she did when she was a student there. |
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Had a friend who played football at MC, and he said that if he cussed on the field during practice, he had to spend 30 minutes in some meditation room, which
was basically a closet with the lights off.
He spent quite a few periods in that room before finally quitting and transferring. That plays sounds about as fun as Liberty University. |
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not a stickler, but i've never seen place as plays before, so that's kind of exciting.
yeah, my sister graduated today. my brother and i joked about how all the girls would be engaged/married at graduation. ended up being right at 50% of the ones we saw. used the ban vonnegut. that place turned barry hannah into... barry hannah |
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Baptist schools are proof that if you don't allow guys to get pussy, they will get married really young so they can get it.
That's all it is. I knew quite a few Baptists that were married at 19 and 20 primarily because they couldn't wait any longer to get to 17 each other. Not exactly the best recipe for a long term marriage. If you can't tell, I'm a big believer in sex before marriage. Getting married without knowing what you're getting in bed is not a good idea for women or men. |
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Replies
| WTF of the day | 05/09/09 12:08 PM | Croomp |
| Re: WTF of the day | 05/09/09 12:12 PM | ScoobaDawg |
| Is this staring kevin bacon? | 05/09/09 12:29 PM | 99jc |
| Many "Christian" schools ARE cults. | 05/09/09 06:52 PM | patdog |
| Re: WTF of the day | 05/09/09 06:54 PM | Henry Kissinger |
| At one time, and probably still today, one of the biggest cults of all. | 05/09/09 07:03 PM | patdog |
| Re: WTF of the day | 05/09/09 07:29 PM | RebelBruiser |
| Re: WTF of the day | 05/09/09 07:34 PM | Henry Kissinger |
| Re: WTF of the day | 05/09/09 07:58 PM | RebelBruiser |
| Hey, I love drinking, good looking women, and dancing close | 05/09/09 01:22 PM | SwampDawg |
| That sounds like the worst school ever | 05/09/09 01:49 PM | Rebels7 |
| Or he could be like some of his other classmates | 05/09/09 02:23 PM | jakldawg |
| Could be that he thought it meant in school when he signed the agreement | 05/09/09 05:56 PM | TBonewannabe |
| Ah yes .... | 05/09/09 04:38 PM | Berserker |
| I bet they consider Elvis a gospel singer..... | 05/09/09 05:53 PM | hankp |




