Teen Mother Denied Membership in Honor Society
An Ohio teenager who was denied induction to the National Honor Society because she is an unmarried mother is challenging the decision.
A faculty selection committee at Xenia High School in Xenia, Ohio, invited senior Amanda Lemon to join the school's NHS chapter last month but revoked the offer when it discovered the 18-year-old has a daughter.
District Superintendent James A. Smith said the committee had a right to deny Ms. Lemon's selection and followed the guidelines established by the National Honor Society. The society allows schools to set their own criteria for selection in four areas: character, leadership,...
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