http://www.local6.com/news/2541164/detail.html Special-Ed Student Voted Homecoming King POSTED: 4:32 p.m. EDT October 8, 2003 The ranks of homecoming kings have classically be filled by jocks or student government officers, but the students at a Tempe high school decided to go a different route this year. Marcos de Niza High School's landslide winner for homecoming king was a 21-year-old student with Down syndrome. Poco Carton is legendary around campus for his daily dance moves at lunch and his insistence on saying hello to nearly everyone. "I'm Mr. Popular here, for this whole school," said Carton, who was crowned Friday. Students across campus said they welcomed the break from the usual homecoming winners. "It's always the same people, but not this year," said senior Kylie Taylor, 18.
There was a movement to get a similar girl(she rapped instead of danced) at my school elected, but she either didn't make it out of the early rounds or faculty thought it was a joke.
