MARTINSVILLE (WSLS 10) - A Maritnsville High School student claims he was getting the run around, after going to the same school for two years, he was told by school administration he wasn't supposed to be there.
When he tried to transfer there were problems there as well.
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RaShawn Martin has been out school since March of this year, his goal is to walk across the stage and get his diploma, which he'll get after what he calls getting the run around from the school system.
Martin saw himself as a Bulldog. "I played football, I wrestled, I played basketball until I tore my acl," Martin said.
Martin said he got a surprise he never saw coming.
School Administration notified him he had been living in the wrong school district.
He was supposed to be attending county schools and was never supposed to be a Martinsville Bulldog.
"I was kind of lost but shocked at the same time cause I'm sure they're people who live in the county that goes to the city," Martin said.
Martin said after learning that he would have to go the county schools because of his address, he went to Henry County Public Schools administration building to try to register, but he claims he couldn't because he had too many absences from school.
"They told me they couldn't take me due the fact that I was 18 and the attendance I had, the whole time Martinsville said he couldn't come to school, they still had me enrolled they used the attendance against me at Basset," Martin said.
Community Activist Chad Martin said after learning about Rashawn's situation, he felt compelled to help.
"An 18 year old who wants to go to school it's hard enough to get kids to to go school this is someone crying to go to school," Chad Martin said.
Martin posted a youtube video of Rashawn and sent the video to some school board members and got no response.
Martin then protested in front the administration building and that's when school leaders held a meeting with RaShawn, Chad, and his mother and came to a resolution.
"This has stressed me seeing my son cry and getting emotional he wanted his education everybody kept throwing GED at him, No we fought this battle together," Lateala Martin, RaShawn's mother said.
We contacted Martinsville Schools to give us a comment about RaShawn's situation.
They emailed us and said RaShawn will be able to earn his diploma and graduate.
Martin said after graduation, he plans to go to trade school in Norfolk to get certified in welding.