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posted by [personal profile] dadiceguy at 06:28pm on 10/06/2005 under ,
Ok a kid in Charles County in the state of Maryland was refused his diploma because he wore a bolo tie. The school said it was too skinny. Now he has to have a conference with the administrators to get it. To quote the Washington Post

"We set the standard to make sure all our ceremonies are formal and respectful," he said.

In March, Benya's high school sent a letter to parents and seniors explaining that "adherence to the dress code is mandatory," with the word mandatory in bold and underlined. For girls: white dresses or skirts with white blouses. For boys: dark dress pants with white dress shirts and ties."


Who cares what tie he wears? Its not like he mooned the audience or walked up to the microphone and said "Fuck Bush!". Christ who cares what they wear.
Mood:: annoyed
Music:: School's Out - Alice Cooper
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posted by [identity profile] aquamarcia.livejournal.com at 11:58pm on 10/06/2005
I think having a dress code for a school ceremony is reasonable. What's not reasonable is taking the same idiotic Zero Tolerance policy school administrators are applying to other things (like expelling a child from school when that child draws a picture of something blowing up, or of a man with a gun) and applying it to the dress code. The admins at this high school are demonstrably around the bend.

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