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Fairfield High School cancels freshman prom after confrontation with police

Fairfield High School has canceled its freshman prom in the wake of a confrontation between police and a 16-year-old sophomore that went viral on social media. The prom was scheduled for Saturday and was to have doubled as an awards ceremony for student achievements during the school year. The cancellation came in an email to […] The post Fairfield High School cancels freshman prom after confrontation with police appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Fairfield High School cancels freshman prom after confrontation with police, Fairfield High School has canceled its freshman prom in the wake of a confrontation between police and a 16-year-old sophomore that went viral on social media. The prom was scheduled for Saturday and was to have doubled as an awards ceremony for student achievements during the school year. The cancellation came in an email to […] The post Fairfield High School cancels freshman prom after confrontation with police appeared first on Local News Matters .

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