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Monday, April 18, 2011

Discipline: 'I Love Boobies' Appropriate For A Middle School?

EdConnections Posted by Dan S. Martin
Dress code matters can be quite contentious.  Most student conduct codes are written in such a way as to define what is not allowed...and typically finish with a statement such as, "Any dress code issue that the administration deems to distract from or disrupt the learning process will not be allowed."  I am guessing that the final provision was used to justify the school below banning "I Love Boobies" breast-cancer awareness bracelets.

Embedded below is a CNN video story from when the controversy broke in September.  The piece below that gets us up-to-date about the lawsuit that followed and the judge's decision.

What do you think?



After the ACLU got involved,
the verdict from last week is...




Will "I Love Dick" bracelets soon follow to promote prostate cancer awareness?  School administrators live on a slippery slope!

Posted at 8:38 PM Keywords: Discipline , Dress Code 2 Comments

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