Posted on 07/10/2006 7:34:49 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin
Dress code takes sparkle out of students' smiles
Arlington ISD: Officials limit mouth, ear jewelry
11:26 PM CDT on Sunday, July 9, 2006
By TOYA LYNN STEWART / The Dallas Morning News
Kayden Dorman BARBARA DAVIDSON/DMN Body piercer Kayden Dorman disagrees with the Arlington school district's new dress code: "If they're allowing people to wear earrings, they should allow them to wear bigger earrings."
Karrick Senegar says rapping and grills go together like cars and tires.
That's why the 16-year-old aspiring rapper and Arlington student spent $200 in April on the mouth jewelry known as a grill. But the Sam Houston High School junior won't be able to flash his six-tooth white-gold diamond-cut grill around campus come August.
The Arlington school district has changed its dress code to ban the trendy mouth jewelry. Also added to the unacceptable list are tall tees oversized shirts that hang to the knees and the practice of stretching out earlobes, sometimes called gauging.
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