MENIFEE: Boy ordered to remove Elsa ‘Frozen’ costume Share Pin It More Galleries This image released by Disney shows a teenage Elsa the Snow Queen in a scene from the animated feature "Frozen." A male student at Ethan A. Chase Middle School in Menifee was told to remove the Elsa costume he wore for a Disney-themed school spirit day Thursday because it was causing a disruption. UNCREDITED , UNCREDITED AP Related article » 
 
 A Menifee middle school student wearing an Elsa costume to a school spirit day was ordered to remove his gown and wig by school officials who said it was causing a disruption. 
 
 The incident occurred before school Thursday in one of the school’s quad areas and involved a large number of students, many snapping pictures, on a day they were encouraged to dress up as Disney characters, according to Romoland School District Superintendent Julie Vitale. 
 
 The Ethan A. Chase Middle School student – identified as Austin Lacey, 13, in a KTLA report – and his mother said they were surprised by the reaction of school officials. 
 
 “I wore it for fun because I’m just one of those people,” Austin told KTLA. “I like to go all out.” 
 
 In a statement issued on Friday, Vitale said: “At no time was there an indication that the student was expressing any particular message by his actions and the (principal’s) action was based upon the need to stop a general disruption.” 
 
 Vitale said the student does not face any discipline for the incident and completed the school day. 
 
 After school Friday, several students said the incident was not a big deal. 
 
 “It wasn’t a disruption,” said Kassandra Melara, 14. “Everybody was taking pictures with him. Nobody had a problem with it.” 
 
 Another eighth-grader, Natalia Alvarez, said she knew Austin and supported his campaign for ASB president. 
 
 “He’s a really good kid,” she said. “He’s helpful. He’s a straight-A student. He gets along with everybody.” 
 
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 Students at Ethan Chase Middle School in Menifee were encouraged to wear Disney costumes for spirit day on Thursday. 
 
 Austin Lacey, 13, chose to dress as Elsa from the movie "Frozen." 
 
 The eighth-grader told KTLA that his classmates loved the idea and asked him to pose for selfies. 
 
 But, the school principal apparently felt it was inappropriate and told him to take off the costume. 
 
 A statement from Romoland School District Superintendent Dr. Julie Vitale read in part: 
 
 "This action was taken in accordance with district policies. At no time was there an indication that the student was expressing any particular message. The Principal's action was based upon the need to stop a general disruption to the school environment," Vitale stated. ||||| Students protested at White Pass Junior and Senior High after two sophomore boys were disciplined for dressing like women during Spirit Week. (Photo: KING 5) 
 
 RANDLE, Wash. – When students at White Pass Junior and Senior High School were told to dress like their favorite celebrities, organizers likely expected Miss America and Nikki Minaj to be on someone's list. 
 
 But two boys who wore those two costumes were given a choice by their principal: change or go home. 
 
 The sophomores chose to go home. 
 
 "If they really wanted Spirit Week, why punish somebody for being spirited?" asked 15-year-old Chandler Krueger, who dressed as Nikki Minaj, a pop music star. 
 
 Superintendent Chuck Wyborney has not investigated what happened, but said after reviewing district policies, "If it happens again, we'll handle it differently." 
 
 At least 10 boys came to school Thursday wearing women's clothes to show support for their classmates. 
 
 Girls also dressed like boys. 
 
 No one was asked to change their clothes. 
 
 "I feel like I did teach people a lesson," said Mason Mudge, who dressed like Miss America. 
 
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 WASHINGTON (WITI) — Two Washington State High School students were sent home for wearing dresses during spirit week — and that’s now started a revolution at the school! 
 
 Chandler Krueger came dressed at Nicki Minaj, and his friend Mason Mudge came as Miss America. The sophomores knew their wardrobe choices would get attention, but they didn’t expect to get in trouble with the principal. 
 
 Both boys were given a choice, change or go home — they both went home. 
 
 “He told me that I needed to change and I asked him why, he said no reason so I told him that, you know, he had to have a better reason than that for me to change and he said no he didn’t,” said Mudge. 
 
 The superintendent said after reviewing district policies, in the future boys in dresses won’t be sent home again. 
 
 So when the boys went back to school, dozens of students and even some staff were wearing clothes traditionally worn by the opposite sex. ||||| Please enable Javascript to watch this video 
 
 LANSING, Kan. -- A girl's outfit caused quite the controversy in Lansing, Kansas Wednesday and online following a social media post by the student's mother. 
 
 Eleven-year-old Bella wore a tunic top and leggings to Lansing Middle School Wednesday. Her mother Kimberly Jones said the 6th grader was sent to the office for a dress code violation. 
 
 FOX 4 requested on-camera interviews with Lansing USR 469 Superintendent Darrel Stufflebeam and Lansing Middle School Principal Kerry Brungardt, but was instead referred to the district spokesperson. 
 
 "The nurse informed me that she measured all the way around the dress or the shirt and it wasn't the sides, in was in front and in the back where it was too short," Community Relations Coordinator Ninevah Carvan said. 
 
 But Jones said her daughter was told it was because she wore leggings. In fact, school dress code policy says if it's a "shirt" violation, a student will be given a T-shirt to wear. Instead, the nurse made Bella wear sweatpants, which are given out when there is a problem with "shorts or pants." 
 
 Carvan said the sweatpants are bought new each school year. 
 
 "The sweatpants are just gray athletic sweatpants," Carvan said. 
 
 Jones said the nurse told Bella she couldn't call her mom. 
 
 "She told Bella, 'You're not allowed to call your Mom and you cannot change. She cannot bring you clothes. You need to go back to class and you have to wear these borrowed sweatpants,'" Jones said. 
 
 Carvan said the district's goal is to get kids to back to class as quickly as possible. 
 
 "That's why we don't allow students to call home because sometimes we can have students sitting in the office for an hour waiting for their parents to come up with a change of clothes," she said. 
 
 Bella broke the rules and texted her mother who came to the school. Jones said the principal Kerry Brungardt told her Bella must wear the borrowed sweatpants all day or go home. Brungardt didn't talk with FOX 4 on camera, but the Carvan denied the principal said that. The district claims Brungardt gave her the option to change and come back to class. 
 
 Jones said forcing kids to wear borrowed pants all day is a form of embarrassment. 
 
 "If I could come up as a parent and bring her a change of clothes and the clothing was no longer an issue, why in the world would you want to humiliate her all day like that?" Jones said. 
 
 "It is not intended to be a punishment in any way, fashion, or form. They just want to make sure when students do have a dress code violation, that they can quickly return back to class," Carvan said. 
 
 Beyond the dress code, Jones is more upset that no one from the school called her. 
 
 "My number one issue with this whole situation is one that my minor, my eleven-year-old, was told that she could not contact her mother when there was an issue," Jones said. 
 
 The district said the parents came to the school before that call was made, but also said in the future, it will reach out sooner. 
 
 "Just moving forward we will make sure and confirm and make sure that parents are contacted and aware if there are any issues at school," Carvan said. 
 
 This was a copy of the exiting dress code policy: (Dress Code Regulations Discipline_Procedures LMS) 
 
 This is the new policy (Dress Code Regulations & Cell Phone Procedures Discipline Procedures For Parents) posted Thursday morning, after Bella's "dress code violation" Wednesday. You can see the word "leggings" was added. 
 
 Jones took to social media Wednesday night. Her post has been shared hundreds of times and has garnered comments from people in different states and countries. At one point the district disabled the comment feature on Facebook but has since re-enabled the comment function.
– Students are in an "uproar"—in the words of one parent—after a middle school principal in California forced a 13-year-old to change his clothes Thursday. When students at Ethan Chase Middle School were given the opportunity to dress as a Disney character for spirit week, eighth-grader Austin Lacey went "all out," KTLA reports. "I'm just one of those people," he says. Austin showed up to school in a sparkly blue dress and long blonde wig, unmistakably the trademarks of Elsa from the popular film Frozen. But he was almost immediately told to take the costume off by his principal. "The principal's action was based upon the need to stop a general disruption to the school environment," KTLA quotes a statement from the district's superintendent as saying. But BuzzFeed reports that's not what Austin's mother, Brooke Francey, heard. Lacey "was informed the principal does not agree with boys dressing like girls," she writes on Facebook. And she says the principal told her the same. "The statement made to me was, 'It is not okay for boys to dress like girls or girls to dress like boys.'" Austin, who was told to remove the costume before school even started, says classmates were cool with it and were posing for photos with him. "It wasn't a disruption," a fellow student tells the Press-Enterprise. "Nobody had a problem with it." According to a second Facebook post from Francey, students are passing out flyers encouraging everyone to cross-dress next week to support the LGBT community. "This is a real problem, and as students it is our job to fix this," the flyer states. (These boys were asked to leave school after dressing as Nikki Minaj and Miss America for spirit week.)