Where should a public school draw the line? Can a 5yr old boy come dressed as a drag queen? How about wearing a Clown suit? G-String, falsies and high heels? There was a time when this was a ludicrus question, but due to incredably stupid parents, this is now a legitimate question.
What message does this send to the other students? What message is sent to the parents?
IMHO, a school is the first real JOB that everyone gets. The school’s task in life is to prepare the children with the fundamentals the kids will need to learn in life, things like Reading, Writing and Arithmatec - but also how to stand in line and patiently wait your turn, to stand and show respect to the flag (although, this is being discouraged in all but the most conservative schools), the kids are taught to share, to play with people different than yourself, they are taught to work as a team, they are taught what is good behavior in public, and what he consequences are for not following the rules.
You know, things that a responsible parent teaches their children - that fewer and fewer parents are actually doing today.
This parent decided to make a circus freak out of their kid - then is shocked and dismayed when the school says “Sorry, you may not do that here”.
I say, good for the school.
I work at a hospital, and for a long time I felt that if you treated employees like adults, they would act like adults.
I always viewed dress codes in a hospital as kind of useless...who would come to work with patients dressed in unsuitable clothes?
Boy, did I find out. The rule of thumb is, if you don’t put limits on what people wear, they will push the limits until they are wearing things that shouldn’t be worn when working with the public.
There is merit in the concept of school uniforms, as much as I know that drives some people crazy.
But not spelling? ;)