A NEW MARINE WHO'S GRADUATING FROM BLOOMER HIGH SCHOOL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WEAR HIS UNIFORM AT GRADUATION. TV13 REPORTS THAT THE BLOOMER SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT REJECTED DANIEL LINGEN'S REQUEST TO WEAR HIS DRESS BLUES UNIFORM. LINGEN WILL HAVE COMPLETED WILL HAVE COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING AT THE SAN DIEGO MARINE BASE BY GRADUATION ON MAY 31ST.

THE BOARD ADOPTED A POLICY THAT REQUIRES A CAP AND GOWN ONLY FOR THE CEREMONY. THERE WAS A MOTION TO ALLOW AN EXCEPTION FOR MILITARY PERSONEL, BUT IT FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD. ONE BOARD MEMBER SAYS IT'S NOT AN ATTEMPT TO BE UNPATRIOTIC, BUT THE CAP AND GOWN CELEBRATES EDUCATION. LIGEN'S FATHER SAYS HE'S APPALLED. THE BOARD ALSO ADOPTED A POLICY THAT BANS NOISEMAKERS AND COWBELLS AS STUDENTS ARE ACCEPTING THEIR DIPLOMAS ON STAGE