UMass students suspended over photo that shows them without masks fighting back against punishment Jessica Schladebeck
A trio of UMass Amherst students have been booted from campus for the rest of the semester after school officials discovered photos of them at an outdoor event without face masks.
Their families, who intend to hire lawyers to battle the punishment, said forcing the freshman to forfeit their schooling was unfair.
“They took a picture off-campus on a Saturday and got thrown out of school,” one parent told WCVB.
The group of honor students, one of them a high school valedictorian, were kicked out of on-campus housing immediately after administrators found an Instagram image of the girls, taken at a party in March. They were allowed to study remotely as they appealed their case, but were cut off earlier this month from virtual learning and denied the ability to take their finals.