Army officer banned from entering daughter’s high school because his military uniform ‘may offend another student’
An army officer was not allowed to enter his daughter’s high school because he was wearing his military uniform.
Lieutenant Colonel Sherwood Baker was turned away from Rochester Adams High School in Michigan by a security guard because his army clothing may ‘offend another student.’
Lt. Baker, who has served in the Army for 24 years, was told if he wanted to enter the building to discuss his daughter’s class schedule he would have to go home and change his clothes.
‘Security told him men and women in uniform weren’t allowed because it may offend another student.’
Rochester Schools superintendent Robert Shaner, who is a veteran himself apologized to the family.
Shaner sent a letter to Fox 2 which says: ‘The district has apologized for any perception that individuals in uniform are not welcome in the school.
‘The district does not have a policy excluding individuals in uniform and will be working with administration and the firm that handles our security to make sure district policies are understood and communicated accurately.’
The Baker family has scheduled a meeting with the principal of Adams high school in the coming days.
So then the security guard was fired?