A high school girl was suspended after tweeting a photo of her school's water being a strange color.



We often hear about news stories like 'a student taking a picture of himself entering a supermarket ice cream fridge and posting the photo on Twitter, causing a stir,' but now a student has been suspended after posting a photo of the water coming out of his school's faucet that was murky and brown.

Student suspended after posting picture of discolored water in school bathroom to social media - WXYZ.com
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The tweet in question was posted on September 20, 2016, showing brown water flowing from a tap.



The photo was posted by Hazel Juco, a student at John Glenn High School in Michigan, USA. After taking the photo of the faucet in her bathroom, Juco discussed the incident in a newspaper-themed class and then posted the photo on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms. She was then called into the principal's office and suspended for using electronic devices in the bathroom.

'However, despite the fact that taking selfies in school bathrooms has been a common occurrence, no student has ever been suspended. Juco's friends, who felt the school's disciplinary action was unfair, protested by posting the selfies they took in the bathroom on Twitter. The incident came to light when someone who saw it contacted ABC News.

The following tweet was made by a student who, in protest, quoted a photo taken in a school toilet and wrote, 'I'm glad I wasn't suspended.'



'I hope someone sees the photos and helps us out because our school obviously doesn't have the money,' Juco told ABC News .

Following the incident, Westland, Michigan, school district superintendent Michele Harmala investigated the incident, finding that the school had not reported the faucet problem and called in a plumber. She also said the 'no photos allowed in bathrooms' rule was meant to prevent students from taking inappropriate photos, but did not include photos taken to report building defects. 'This disciplinary action is unjustified, and we will ensure that the suspension is removed from the student's record,' Harmala said.

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