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August 28, 2006
Clothes that don't make the gradeIt wasn't Heidi Klum announcing this week's latest casualty on Project Runway; it was the dismissal of 128 students who didn't meet dress code standards at a school in Indiana. The Associated Press reports that the students were given one-day suspensions for wearing the wrong clothes.
And we're not talkin' white after Labor Day. "The offending attire—including baggy pants, low-cut shirts, tank tops and graphic T-shirts—are banned from classrooms. Students were also cited for cell phone use."
Principal Theresa Mayerick defended her decision, saying, "This was the worst year I've seen in a long time. It's gotten out of control, and we needed to send a message that we're not messing around."
School board members said they support Mayerik and the mass suspensions. "I'd be supportive if half the school was sent home, because 99 percent will get the message our schools are for education," board president Rebecca Ward said.
BoardBuzz has tracked this issue before here and here.
Posted August 28, 2006 4:48 PM | Students
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