Sounds like Provo High is spending WAY too much time worrying about their students shoulders being bare and their student resource officers being normal adults that they FAIL to have any time left to worry about things such as academics or guidance--things I thought would be first on the list of priorities for a high school. A blind obedience to an antiquated dress-code is no justifiable reason to RUIN a young couple's prom; what kind of cold-hearted idiot would take away from these two what is supposed to be a magical night because of a single line in a dress code. In this kind of situation, I would HOPE these chaperones were intelligent and mature enough to realize that no matter what an "official dress code" says, the dress was NOT revealing enough to make anyone besides a Victorian-era neuropath even blink, much less blush. Glad to know the kids in Provo are being taught/raised by such shining examples of brilliance...

So glad I don't live in Utah County

Good for Provo High School. As a parent in the Chicago area, I have seen where rules are not enforced and girls just as well be dancing at the Playboy Mansion as they have pushed the limits beyond reason.

This isn't a Utah thing (http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/26/11395477-want-that-prom-gown-make-sure-its-passes-high-school-dress-code?lite), but people in Utah like to think it is. They blame this and everything that rubs them the wrong way on the Mormon church. Was her dress inappropriate? Doesn't look to be from the picture, but that's not the point. The point is it violated the school's dress code. You can't let it slide or you set a precedent. Why have rules if they aren't enforced. The high school they attend should let them know the rules if they are going to piggy-back on Provo High's prom. And none of us were there to know how it was handled. Can some of these enforcers be overzealous? Absolutely, and those folks are super annoying. Follow the rules and there is no issue.

I'm going to wear chaps with the butt cut out to their senior prom

I understand that schools are allowed to make and enforce rules, but they honestly could have handled that better. Like kindly reminding her of the rule, and then choosing to ignore it this time. If they were really concerned, they need to make sure that the rule is better known next time. But don't punish someone for something they didn't know.

Mormons get so flummoxed by shoulders. I believe that they must be always thinking about sex, sex, sex. In the temple they're forever making girls wear dickies and sleeve extensions with the most prudent of wedding dresses, and all it takes is one constipated old biddy to make it happen. Then they exit the temple and want to force their weird sexualisms on others by imposing some really silly rules that make them feel good about their own weaknesses. Boundaries are apparently still a big issue, particularly in Utah Valley.

I attended a public school in MO and we had a no sleeveless shirt rule too. If you wore something sleeveless, you were asked to cover up or go home and change. Shocking! I guess the largely secular mostly liberal faculty were all really a bunch of secret Mormons afraid of shoulders. It's very sad for this girl, but, her dress was in violation of the dress code for the event. If you're invited to a black tie affair and show up in a cocktail dress, you probably won't get in. If you go horseback riding and it says "no open toed shoes allowed" and you show up in sandals you don't get to ride. If an event says "no sleeveless gowns" and you show up without sleeves, guess what is going to happen. I do hope the school learns from this and makes sure to publicize the dress code more next year. At my school we actually had to read and sign the dance dress code prior to buying tickets. That way no one could claim they didn't know.

Wow, theres nothing wrong with her dress both me and my wife agree and we have a daughter as well. Provo school district was very disrespectful the way they handled that regardless of their policy, she does not attend that shcool and would have no clue about that policy. Pretty sickening on the school districts part.

Ha! I wore a net mini dress that showed a lot more than a shoulder. I would have liked to see what they said to me about that.