Halloween Costume Gets Osceola H.S. Student Suspended
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"A lot of my friends are sexually active," Riobe told the Orlando Sentinel. "I tell them, if you're going to do it, be safe."
Riobe taped condoms to a white T-shirt and began passing them out to her classmates. Her first-period teacher alerted school administrators, who sent her home with a three-day suspension for class disruption. They also said she had an insolent attitude.
Osceola High principal Chuck Paradiso later reduced the suspension to one day.
"This is not acceptable," he said. "This is something you don't do in a public school."
Ribose's mother, Melissa, supported her daughter's decision, and even helped her get the condoms for the costume.
"Sex can be deadly and people need to know that," Melissa Riobe said. "I just can't believe they suspended her for doing something good."
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