Max Hell, 5, was denied admission to a Catholic school due to his last name, his parents claim. According to Max's father, the Melbourne, Australia school were first willing to enroll the boy, then withdrew the admission offer, and then finally decided to welcome him into its hellowed halls. From the Associated Press:
…Alex Hell, 45, said he would rather send 5-year-old Max elsewhere because the school balked at taking the boy because of his family name. Hell said he had Austrian heritage and that the name means "bright."
Hell, a Roman Catholic father of three, said he and his wife initially offered to enroll Max using his mother's maiden name, Wembridge, but later changed their minds.
"It just didn't sit right," Hell told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Link (via Fortean Times)
