Petty principal stops senior from graduation ceremony for riding his horse to school

No graduation ceremony for student who rode horse to school:

A student rides his horse to school. The high school principal gets upset and says Caleb Anderson can not receive his diploma with his friends:

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Brad Walker saves $25 a week riding his horse Pumpkin to Rockwood High School in Roane, TN. It's a protest to high gas prices that has the support of Rockwood High's principal and has turned a lot of heads in the rural town.
It was a different story all together for a Dickson County High School student who was told this week he would not be able to participate in his graduation ceremony for riding his horse to school.
Caleb Anderson rode the horse to school on his last day of classes. The trip took him almost four hours, arriving at Dickson County High at 7:40am after leaving home at 4am. According to Caleb's grandmother Sandra Anderson, Caleb didn't think it would be as big of a problem as the principal made it out to be. Besides, he was doing his part as a new high school graduate to go green and save a little gas.
But once Caleb arrived at school, Dickson County High Principal Ed Littleton told Caleb to get the horse off the school property. Police arrived shortly after Caleb put the horse in a friend's pasture near the school. As punishment, Caleb was told he will not be allowed to participate in his graduation ceremony Friday.
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In the videos there was some vague comment about rules are rules. I would be surprised if there was a rule about how students were suppose to travel to school. Maybe the principal was upset that the horse was on school property. Caleb puts the horse in a friend's pasture, off school property. I don't understand what the big deal is with riding a horse to school.

(hat tip: Instapundit)


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