Posted on 04/05/2006 8:25:38 AM PDT by beeler
(CBS4) WESTMINSTER, Colo. The immigration debate and recent demonstrations over the issue have led to a change in the dress code for a middle school in Adams County.
Students at Shaw Heights Middle School are no longer allowed to wear anything that is patriotic, including camouflage pants, because they have become a political symbol for a version of patriotism, CBS4 reports.
"It upsets me that we cannot support our troops -- the military," said Kirsten Golgart, an eighth grader who was told she'd be suspended if she didn't change her clothes. "We can't support our country. If we're American, I think we should be proud to be an American."
A letter went home to parents last week that explained for student safety, no clothes were allowed with political messages or flags of any sort.
Myla Shepherd, the principal, said that tensions over the immigration issue were apparent when more than 20 students came to school wearing camouflage jackets and pants, apparently to show what they call their patriotism and American pride.
"We started seeing name calling," Shepherd said. "Safety is my first concern, so I'm going to do things to keep us from getting to a point where anybody is hurt or being suspended for fighting."
She said the dress code alteration diffused the tension immediately.
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Yeah, I didn't think so.
Care to educate the rest of us?
Except for the bandana around the forehead, I have no idea what the rest of that means...
Any of those describe the pants-falling down style?
If you ban hairnets, they won't be able to serve lunch in the cafeteria. Granted, that may not be a bad thing...
I don't know which school it was but in one of these the students were told they could not even wear clothes with the three colors of red, white and blue. One girl who was interviewed said she was chastized and warned for wearing blue jeans a white shirt and a red sweater. The NEA commies must think the time is right. Having children in public schools ought to be considered abuse.
If Colorado parents cared, now would be the time to take all children out of public schools (AFTER SPRING BREAK), creating a STUDENT STRIKE against the policies of the NEA.
They could easily coordinate the strike on the Internet. The parents have the power, but do they have the guts? I doubt it. :o(
Suspensions? Expelling? Hey, this is war! Kids would not return to school until they had, in writing, a statement from the school districts that there would be no repercussions to the strike. Teachers do it all the time. Now it's the patriotic student's turn, and high time it is, too!
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