I inquired and hunted for dress code rules for my son's Senior Prom, and today I finally found last year's code online. The male dress code calls for trousers only. I'm shocked! The way the code is written, Mark may be refused entry to his public school prom for wearing a kilt. If you have read my other threads, you know that I am a newbie planning to make Mark's senior prom kilt in the Hay tartan and his Prince Charlie jacket. It never occurred to me that something as refined as a formal kilt attire could be forbidden at a prom!

I have already purchased the Hay tartan fabric from Strathmore and have paid $300 for a kiltmaking class so I can do a good job: I've ordered black wool fabric for the jacket and numerous notions and supplies for these garments. Come Hell or high water, I'm making the kilt for Mark! No one has told me directly yet that kilts are not allowed, but I am trying to prepare for that case because the code seems to be written in a way to prevent young men from wearing them. Either that or they just don't want guys wearing evening gowns.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get the high school to approve the kilt as acceptable attire should there be a problem? I have read a lot about the problems Nathan Warmack had--his being barred from entering his prom; the attorney that set his school district straight after the fact; and the formal apology issued to him by the school superintendent. I want to get any such problems straightened out before the prom so Mark can wear his kilt and enjoy his prom.

Do you know of any California legal precedents on this issue that I might attach to a request for permission for him to wear the kilt? Do you think Mark should just show up in the kilt and hope that the gatekeepers have enough common sense not to embarrass him, the school, and the district for barring a young man from wearing a kilt to the prom? I'm not sure what's the best way to handle this.