Negotiations Fail
There were all sorts of negotiation attempts, but eventually it was Mrs. Duncan who started to repeat her script of, “I will not debate with you about this!” James came back to try calm things down, but he realized that there was no hope. He went to bring a chaperone to intervene.
Kicked Out
Mrs. Duncan used her authority and summoned a security guard to escort the girl from the building. It was all of 5 minutes, but the ordeal would leave a scar in her prom night for her whole life. The security guard who walked her off the premises was asked by Clare what he thought about the situation: “I asked the security guy if my dress was compliant with the dress code and if he had noticed any inappropriateness in my behavior and he said he didn’t think I did anything to get kicked out but it wasn’t his call.”