The school rule was that skirts could only be three inches ABOVE the knee, and some students were rolling them higher. So, instead of inforcing or disciplining the offenders, the school is changing to trousers. Lovely. Now the girls who want to wear a skirt are being punished and denied their choice!!!
One mother, whose 15-year-old attends the school, said: “My daughter is of that age when she wants to express her femininity.
‘She understands the need for a respectable uniform and wears her skirt properly. She doesn’t want to be like some tomboy knocking around in a pair of trousers.”
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Another parent said: “This is not cheap. My daughter wore the white blouse and skirt and we are going to have to buy a whole new uniform.”
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But Margaret Morrissey, of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations, called it “heavy-handed”. She said: “Not all girls are going to feel totally comfortable in trousers. Those who have worn the right length skirts will feel they are being punished.
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Too bad that the system wasn’t managed to reward appropriate behavior!
Mary