text: Archive-It Partner 1067: The Political TV Ad Archive, a project of the Internet Archive, collects political TV ads and social media sites in key 2016 primary election states, unlocking the metadata underneath and highlighting quality journalism to provide journalists, civic organizations, academics, and the general public with reliable information on who is trying to influence them & how. ||||| See more of Brooke Francev on Facebook ||||| “I wore it for fun because I’m just one of those people, I like to go all out,” Lacey told KTLA. 
   
   His classmates loved the costume and asked to take selfies with him. ||||| 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.
target: – 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.)