A teenager has claimed her high school banned her from carrying out an on-campus 'prom-posal ' to her girlfriend because they are lesbians . Casey Akers , 16 , from Keller , Texas said she often sees students ask others to be their dates to prom while at school yet when she was going to ask a female friend , they told her it was 'not appropriate ' . Speaking to NBC , the teenager said she believes it is because both she and her friend are gay . Scroll down for video . Denied : Casey Akers , pictured , said her school gave its permission for her to carry out a 'prom-posal ' on campus - until they found out she was asking a girl . The school has denied the claim . ' I gave them all the details before . They say it 's fine . They find out who I am asking , then say it 's not fine , ' Casey told the channel . Her mother , who helped Casey prepare for her promposal , said she does not know why the school is stopping her from asking someone they know is her friend . After being told she could not 'prompose ' , Casey sent a private message to a friend on Twitter about what had happened and , with Casey 's permission , the friend shared it publicly . ' I asked the administrators if I could do a promposal , not mentioning it was for a girl , ' Casey wrote in the now-widely-circulated message . ' I had a box with flowers on it , cookies and a poster that said `` Out of all these cookies , you 're my favorite one . Prom ? '' The girls name is Cookie and that 's where the idea came from . ' Plan : Her mom helped her decorate this box with paper flowers so she could jump out and surprise her date . Date : 16-year-old Casey , left , poses with a girl , right , she identifies as her girlfriend online . She said that despite the school 's ban on her promposal , she will be taking her girlfriend to the prom anyway . But as she walked to lunch , staff members approached her and told her it was 'not appropriate ' to ask her friend , adding : 'You know why . ' Within hours of the friend sharing the message , the hashtag # LetCaseyPromposal started trending on Twitter and hundreds of youngsters began messaging the teenager to show their support . 'Regulating who your students ask to prom is disgusting # LetCaseyPromposal , ' one wrote . Casey said she still intends to go to the prom with her friend . The school district released a statement saying they did not allow any student - regardless of their sexual orientation - to carry out promposals on campus . Scene : She attends Timber Creek High School , pictured , but the school district said it does not allow anyone to carry out 'promposals ' - regardless of gender or sexual orientation - on campus . 'Any previous promposals that have occurred have done so without District approval , ' their statement said . 'Promposals , and other similar public displays , may create a disruption to the academic setting , therefore they are not allowed for any student . ' Casey and her friends noted they had often seen promposals carried out on campus . See below for video .
LetCaseyPromposal said she asked the school for permission to 'prompose ' on campus and they gave it to her - until they found out who she was asking . The school district said it does not allow any one to prompose - where students ask a date to prom in a lavish way - on campus . But Akers said she has seen other students carry them out . She said she plans to go to the prom with her girlfriend anyway .