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Tiggergate proves expensive for Napa Valley school district
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 14, 2007 | Nanette Asimov

Posted on 12/15/2007 3:03:53 PM PST by DryFly

(12-14) 17:53 PST NAPA VALLEY -- A Napa Valley middle school's decision to bar a child from class last winter for wearing a pair of Tigger socks has proved costly.

The Napa Valley Unified School District is on the hook for at least $95,000 in lawyers' fees under a legal settlement announced Thursday between the district and five Napa families who challenged the school's dress code.

That's enough to pay the salaries of two teachers for a year, but it's only about a quarter of what the district would have had to pay if it went on to lose the Tiggergate lawsuit instead of settling.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: dresscodes; lawsuit; publicschools; schoolboard; tshirt
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The efforts to eradicate such horrors from the classroom are frustrated once again.

1 posted on 12/15/2007 3:03:55 PM PST by DryFly
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To: DryFly
WTF?

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2 posted on 12/15/2007 3:04:51 PM PST by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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To: metmom; Tired of Taxes

The foolish from the public schools never seems to end.


3 posted on 12/15/2007 3:08:16 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: DryFly

These people are teaching our children.


4 posted on 12/15/2007 3:10:33 PM PST by freekitty ((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
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To: DryFly

I have some Superman underwear. I’m not sure what that has to do with anything either.


5 posted on 12/15/2007 3:11:38 PM PST by BipolarBob (I've been stung by honey bees and bumblebees. I don't want no huckle bee.)
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To: DryFly

Ok, I read the article, and understand more. It’s a middle school and she was wearing the socks with a denim skirt, violating the dress code. Now it makes a little more sense.


6 posted on 12/15/2007 3:13:35 PM PST by neodad (Did you see me lay down the law? I'm the law giver!)
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To: BipolarBob

Go to your room.


7 posted on 12/15/2007 3:13:40 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: DryFly

“Wow, I think it’s, like, really great that we’ve got it finally settled,” said Toni Kay Scott, 14, who wore the controversial socks with the Winnie the Pooh character on the first day of school last year. “It’s pretty awesome.”

Toni Kay, now in high school, wore the socks and a prohibited denim skirt in an act of civil disobedience supported by her mother. A handful of other classmates joined her, wearing prohibited attire such as jeans and a “Jesus Freak” T-shirt.

A school police officer escorted them to the principal’s office, and they were barred from class.

“I wasn’t, like, too nervous because it’s not like I was going to go to jail or anything,” she said. “I thought it was pretty ridiculous. It’s a Disney character. All the little kids wear it, and once we’re in middle school we’re not allowed to wear it anymore? That’s over the top.”

But the case was not just about a pair of Tigger socks, said lawyer Julia Harumi Mass of the ACLU of Northern California, who represented the families. “It’s really about freedom of expression and tolerating individuality, which are core values of our society.”


8 posted on 12/15/2007 3:14:20 PM PST by Crawdad (I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no class.)
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To: DryFly

Every penny that is needed to pay the lawyers fees should come directly out of the salarys of the Napa Valley school district from the top right down to the janators. Next time they may think before they act!


9 posted on 12/15/2007 3:14:59 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: DryFly
Toni Kay, now in high school, wore the socks and a prohibited denim skirt in an act of civil disobedience supported by her mother. A handful of other classmates joined her, wearing prohibited attire such as jeans and a "Jesus Freak" T-shirt.

A little more info, it was staged from the beginning. The idea behind civil disobediance is that you are willing to accept the consequence of said disobediance.

10 posted on 12/15/2007 3:15:35 PM PST by neodad (Did you see me lay down the law? I'm the law giver!)
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To: freekitty

You may call it teaching,I would call it destroying.


11 posted on 12/15/2007 3:19:36 PM PST by QQQQ
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To: Red_Devil 232

Yes, how dare a school try to institute a school dress code, insisting that children wear appropriate clothing for an educational environment. Next the ACLU will tackle this discriminatory grading scheme where some students get better grades than others, making some feel bad.


12 posted on 12/15/2007 3:27:42 PM PST by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: DryFly
I'm wearing a pair of these right now.

I wonder what kind of trouble I would get in if I were at a public school? They say *gasp* "Cabelas" on them.

13 posted on 12/15/2007 3:28:36 PM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
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To: kingu
Headmistress Umbridge, is that you?
14 posted on 12/15/2007 3:35:06 PM PST by DryFly
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To: DryFly
This answers the question, "Can the Napa Valley Unified School District enforce a dress code?"

No. Dress codes are not groovy.

15 posted on 12/15/2007 3:38:15 PM PST by TChad
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To: Clintonfatigued

I bet WE foot the lawyers’ fees on this one.

I LOVE Tigger.


16 posted on 12/15/2007 3:41:09 PM PST by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: neodad

See, it was staged. Now I side with the school. Parents are trouble-makers, probably ACLU members, definitely hippies/ libs. Kids are bratty. Narcissism run amok.

I still like Tigger tho.


17 posted on 12/15/2007 3:43:16 PM PST by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: kingu

So you think this kind of crap should cost a school district $95K +. And that 95k should come from the district’s funds? This could have been settled with out a team of lawyers.


18 posted on 12/15/2007 3:43:43 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Crawdad
"...it's a Disney character..."

No doubt Toni would draw a blank if someone asked her who A. A. Milne was.

19 posted on 12/15/2007 3:43:50 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: neodad

See, it was staged. Now I side with the school. Parents are trouble-makers, probably ACLU members, definitely hippies/ libs. Kids are bratty. Narcissism run amok.

I still like Tigger tho.


20 posted on 12/15/2007 3:43:58 PM PST by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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