Furious mom says daughter among group of school girls locked in classroom for wearing the wrong shoes

An angry mom says a group of school girls were locked in a classroom for hours on the first day of classes — for wearing the wrong shoes.Charlotte Byers, 39, claims her daughter Lillyanne, 13, was forced to miss lessons because her shoes had a gold and black bow on the front.She says Lillyanne, a ninth-grade student, has worn the same pair of $26 slip on shoes for the last two years to Outwood Academy Danum in Doncaster, South Yorks.She claims she was forced to stay in the room on the first day of class and only allowed to go to her lessons when she changed into a pair of shoes the school bought.Charlotte says other students who refused to wear the different school shoes were left in the room for four hours with “no toilet break.”The school denied anybody had been locked in classrooms and said its uniform policy remained unchanged since last year.Charlotte said: “School, who have no funding apparently, went out and bought a load of shoes.“They made the girls wear shoes that were either too small or uncomfortable.“Those that wouldn’t wear a pair of shoes because they didn’t fit, were then punished and locked in a room for four hours with no toilet break and no food or drink.“They had to queue for miles to get in, they were searching them like dogs.“This was the first day of school for some people, year seven is a massive transition.“Imagine turning up on the first day, already riddled with nerves, and then being sent to a classroom – I don’t think it’s acceptable.”Charlotte says she was informed about a new uniform policy, where students can’t have any detailing on their shoes, the night before the first day of term.She said: “I told the school and they said something must have gone wrong on their side because over 80 girls had come into the school with the wrong shoes.“They had obviously only sent the information to only a few parents or didn’t send it with enough time.“I asked if she can wear the shoes for the rest of the yea...