High school disciplined for appearing in Bruno breaks off from LA authority
The Los Angeles high school that came under disciplinary action for allowing its name to be used in the Sacha Baron Cohen film Bruno has broken away from its schools district, LA Unified.
Birmingham High School staff were disciplined by Superintendant Ramon Cortines, who took umbrage over the usage.
LA Unified is the nation's second largest schools district. The nature of the discipline was not revealed.
Birmingham, located in the San Fernando Valley, was planning to become a separate charter school but the break comes a day after the disciplinary action for violating policy on use of the school's name in the movie.
Cortines said the schools district "has allowed our students to be used".
Bruno is the Austrian gay fashionista character Cohen has concocted for his latest movie currently being promoted around the world.
Like Cohen's last movie character, Borat, Bruno takes a hefty swipe at cherished American icons.
