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The father of a teenage boy who found out he was banned from his school prom after arriving says that his son feels 'devastated' and 'embarrassed'. Harrison Lang, 15, arrived to his senior year prom on Tuesday evening (June 28) blissfully unaware that he wasn't supposed to be there.
It wasn't until an hour after Harrison had turned up to his prom that teachers called his parents and urged them to pick him up. Stephen Lang, 54, received a call from Camborne Science and International Academy to say that his son wasn't allowed at the event because he had missed one of his final exams and "was naughty this year".
But Stephen says neither him or Harrison were issued any prior warning that he would not be able to attend, and that he had "forked out a small fortune" for his son's suit, shoes and a car hire for the end of year celebration.
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The school has issued a statement saying that neither Harrison nor his family ever tried to buy a prom ticket - and had he tried to, his attendance would have been "politely declined" for not adhering to school policies during the year, reports Cornwall Live.
“I bought my son his suit ready for him to go and we got a car which we had hired to take him. He came down to the prom in the car and parked outside like anybody else and the teacher even opened the door to let him out with the crowds," explained Stephen.
"An hour later I had a phone call from another teacher who said he wasn’t welcome to the prom because he had missed an exam and had been naughty this year."
He described his teenage son as "absolutely devastated" saying it "embarrassed him in front of all his friends".
He continued: "Normally
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