BEAVER FALLS, N.Y. (WKRC) – A high school student was suspended after bringing a cup of coffee on the first day of school.

According to WWNY, Julie Kaputa, a senior at Beaver River Central School in Beaver Falls, New York, said she was suspended on her first day of school as she entered the premises with a cup of coffee in her hand.

Kaputa spoke to reporters with WWNY, telling the outlet, “I walked in, I had my coffee with me. I got to my first-period class and my teacher said, ‘I’m either going to need you to dump that out or consume it on the spot or go down to the office.’”

Per the report, she said she was given an in-school suspension for violating Beaver River Central School’s outside food and drink rule, which was a new addition to the school’s code of conduct.

Kaputa’s mother, MaryAnne Kaputa, said she doesn’t believe the code is valid, telling WWNY, “She said, ‘It says there’s supposed to be a public hearing. When was that? We never knew about it. Did they announce it?’ And I said, ‘I don’t know, look.’ And we couldn’t find one.”

Julie Kaputa told the outlet she isn’t upset with the district over the decision and said the suspension will not reflect on her permanent record. She said all she really wants is for the system to work as it is meant to.

“There was no public hearing to discuss it. Transparency in government is a big thing that I care about a lot, and it just kind of struck me as odd that there wasn’t a public hearing,” Julie Kaputa told the outlet.

Superintendent Todd Green told WWNY that a monthly board meeting held in August was meant to be considered a public hearing, but said after speaking with the family, he now agrees that the hearing wasn’t properly announced, telling the outlet, “It’s good to see students standing up for what they believe in. We really appreciate that. That often doesn’t happen.”

“We’re trying to do the best we can throughout this process. We know there’s open meeting laws. We try to follow that. If things get pointed out that we need to do and change or fix, we’ll do that,” Superintendent Green told the outlet.

A public hearing is expected to take place on September 14, per the report.