New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- A New York high school senior was suspended on her first day of classes after bringing a cup of coffee to school and refusing to throw it away. This dispute has now prompted the district to revisit how it introduced the new rule.

Julie Kaputa, a senior and honours student at Beaver River Central School in Castorland, New York, received an in-school suspension on 3 September after arriving in class with a cup of coffee.

The incident centred on a new addition to the school's code of conduct prohibiting students from bringing outside food and drinks onto school premises.

According to Kaputa, she walked into her first-period classroom with the coffee when her teacher gave her three options: discard it, consume it imm...