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School Teacher Was Told He Could Only Wear “Dress Shoes Or Boots” Even When His Feet Hurt, So He Bought An Interesting Pair To Prove A Point

The saying “some rules are meant to be broken” makes A LOT of sense when you read stories like this. This school teacher risked his job to assert his right to comfortable clothing at work. Let’s read ...
People

Teacher Gives Student His Shoes at Graduation After Teen Was Nearly Banned for Wearing Wrong Ones

“It was a no-brainer,” John Butler, a paraeducator at Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana, told the Washington Post of loaning his shoes to Daverius Peters minutes before the school’s ceremony ...
WCTV

Teachers give dress shoes to student for graduation ceremony

QUITMAN, Ga. (WCTV) - A graduation photo quickly went viral after a teacher traded his shoes with a student. According to Brooks County Middle School’s Dominique Love, it’s not enough to just be a ...
Complex

Teacher Gave Shoes Off His Feet So Dress Code Couldn’t Prevent Student From Graduating

A Louisiana high school teacher showed why educators and caregivers are real-life superheroes. Daverius Peters, age 19, almost missed graduating from Hahnville High School because his shoes didn’t ...
7News Miami

Teacher gives his shoes to student who was told he couldn’t attend graduation because shoes violated dress code

(CNN) — With minutes to spare, a Hahnville High School teacher in Boutte, Louisiana, traded shoes with a senior so he could walk at his graduation after allegedly violating the dress code. Daverius ...
CBS News

A student was turned away from his graduation ceremony for wearing the wrong shoes. His teacher gave him the pair off his own feet.

John Butler, a teacher at Hahnville High School in Boutte, Louisiana, had a pretty good reason for standing in his socks during the school's graduation ceremony. He had given a student, Daverius ...
Black Enterprise

Teacher Gives Student the Shoes Off His Feet When Dress Code Threatens Graduation

On May 20, an educator named John Butler posted a story on Facebook about the action he took to ensure that a student could walk and received the diploma he earned. According to the story, the young ...
Yahoo

A shoe policy almost kept a high school senior from walking at his graduation; then a teacher stepped in

One high school senior almost missed his own graduation after he was told a school policy did not allow his type of shoes at the ceremony. When Daverius Peters, a senior at Hahnville High School in ...
CNN

A high school senior was accused of violating his graduation’s dress code with his shoes – so a teacher switched with him

With minutes to spare, a Hahnville High School teacher in Boutte, Louisiana, traded shoes with a senior so he could walk at his graduation after allegedly violating the dress code. Daverius Peters ...