that was perhaps a setback for team tate. this all started with that message on the what you will that you described. james tate who is a senior here posted that invitation to a friend to go to prom on a wall. he got suspended for trespassing but the school has a long standing policy that students suspended after april 1st can't go to prom. because he was suspended after april 1st, he was banned from the prom. the outpouring of support for james to be able to go to prom has been phenomenal. the let james tate go to the prom facebook page has more than 174,000 likes. just to give you a little perspective there. in the last few hours it has grown by more than 1,000 likes an hour. the gorer in er igovernor of k t the mayor of shelton says what's the big deal, let the kid go to prom.