After Larry and Melissa Longo, of Hightstown, New Jersey, sent their son to school with nine invitations to his upcoming seventh birthday party, his first-grade teacher, Naomi Drewitz, objected upon seeing the guest list and sent the child home with the undelivered invitations. The problem was that no girls were invited, and school policy maintains that all students must be treated equally. After being denied the boys' addresses, the parents had to go down to the school to deliver the invitations personally. Thereafter, the party proceeded as planned. As for those not invited, "The girls didn't care," said Melissa Longo. "They didn't even want to go—except for one girl who likes him."

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