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Student Asks Date to Prom at School Board Meeting

Student liaison Marco Congello of Fairfield Ludlowe High School asked fellow student liaison to prom. She said yes.

A Fairfield Ludlowe High School student stole the show at Tuesday's Board of Education meeting when he asked a fellow student to be his date for prom.

Marco Congello, one of Ludlowe High School's Board of Education student liaison, asked Alice Rocha, the other liaison, to accompany him to prom. He completed the gesture with a bouquet of flowers.

Rocha said yes, to the delight of the board and members of the public at the meeting.

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School board Chair Philip Dwyer said that Congello had thought ahead. The student asked headmaster Greg Hatzis to relay his request to Dwyer for a moment of personal privilege during the meeting, which was granted.


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