The Denver Post

Colorado teen flouts school policy, wears Mexican and U.S. flag sash to graduation

PARACHUTE — A Colorado student barred from wearing a sash representing the flags of Mexico and the United States to her high school graduation did so anyway, partially covering it with another sash ...
The Aspen Times

‘I ask you to reconsider’: High schooler’s effort to permit national graduation regalia goes before school board

Naomi Peña Villasano said she is proud to be a 200%er — 100% Mexican, 100% American — and that Garfield 16 needs to do more to welcome students like her. Grand Valley senior Naomi Peña Villasano ...
Business Insider

A judge ruled that a school district could bar a student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at graduation — but she did it anyway

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The Aspen Times

Grad with Mexican-American sash wears it without incident despite losing court case

She did ask well ahead of time, politely at every turn. She was told by her school principal and then district superintendent she couldn’t wear a Mexican-U.S. graduation sash. She pleaded with the ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Restraining order denied, but Naomi Peña Villasano still walks

After being told by her school district she couldn’t wear a Mexican-U.S. graduation sash, after pleading with school board members to reconsider, after a U.S. District Court judge denied her motion in ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Grand Valley senior files lawsuit against Garfield District 16 over sash ban

Grand Valley High School senior Naomi Peña Villasano has filed a lawsuit against the Garfield County School District 16 over her not being allowed to wear a sash celebrating her cultural heritage, the ...
Colorado Public Radio

Western Slope senior sports sash at graduation ceremony, despite school policy

After more than a month of dispute, and a court decision that went against her, Naomi Peña Villasano crossed the stage at her high school graduation ceremony on Saturday with a fist-bump from the ...
Colorado Public Radio

Grand Valley student says she’ll wear Mexican flag sash to high school graduation despite district pushback

The long, cloth graduation sash represents everything Naomi Peña Villasano loves about her family history. On one side, it’s marked with red, white and blue — the colors of the American flag. On the ...
Yahoo

Colorado teen flouts school policy, wears Mexican and US flag sash to graduation

In this undated photo, Naomi Peña Villasano poses with a sash of both the Mexican and American flags that her school district barred her from wearing for her high school graduation ceremony. After ...
Vail Daily

Restraining order denied, but Naomi Peña Villasano still walks at graduation

After being told by her school district she couldn’t wear a Mexican-U.S. graduation sash, after pleading with school board members to reconsider, after a U.S. District Court judge denied her motion in ...
Newsday

Colorado teen flouts school policy, wears Mexican and US flag sash to graduation

PARACHUTE, Colo. — A Colorado student barred from wearing a sash representing the flags of Mexico and the United States to her high school graduation did so anyway, partially covering it with another ...