Sigh... What would Sisqo do in this situation?
Posted on 04/30/2002 4:30:34 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod
Thong-Wearing Teens Kicked Out Of Dance
A group of parents are calling for the resignation of Rancho Bernardo High School's vice principal, claiming she enforced underwear checks at a school dance, 10News reported.
The dance occurred Friday and vice principal Rita Wilson turned away girls who were wearing thongs, the parent said.
Kim Teal is among the several parents angry with Wilson (pictured, right).
"First thing (my daughter) said when she got into the car was, 'Mom, it was horrible last night. You have to fight this,'" Teal told 10News.
According to parent Alane Garvik, girls who arrived at the dance wearing short skirts were immediately asked: "What kind of underwear do you have on?"
When Garvik's daughter red-facedly announced that she was wearing thong underwear she was told to "go home and put on appropriate underwear," according to Garvik.
Teal's daughter made it in and claims to have witnessed faculty lifting the skirts of girls to assure that the offending underwear was going nowhere near the dance floor.
"Well, I just saw ... a line of people and the vice principal, Mrs. Wilson, she was checking to see what the girls were wearing under their dresses. And she was literally lifting up their skirts and embarrassing them in front of everyone else," one student told 10News.
Parents and students have placed the blame on Wilson, for spearheading the thong underwear checks, even though there is nothing in the school dress code against them.
"It's not their right to know what kind of underwear these kids have," Garvik told 10News.
10News contacted school officials, who all declined to go on camera. But Principal Paul Gentle did say that he is "looking into the situation."
Parents are now asking for Wilson to resign.
Gentle said that even while enforcing the school dress code, it is not proper procedure to ask students what they are wearing underneath their clothes.
He told 10News that he plans to meet with parents sometime this week.
Besides the isssue is deeper than that. to get to a compelling state interest, you have to also prove you have someone protected to that extent under the amendment, and as general re pointed out, the courts say you don't have that here....
Sigh... What would Sisqo do in this situation?
the wager(s) stand.
so's tk.
your point ?
What the story failed to mention was that girls who wore thongs were handed a box of Altoids mints and girls who wore panties were given condoms. I think the girls who wore neither were given RU 486.
Also the wearer's partner.
For the record, H's G is not a lawyer because he couldn't stomach life as a law clerk and decided life as a lawyer wouldn't be any better. He is currently a professional writer.
Do you have anything other than anecdotal evidence to suggest wearing a thong will lead to "easy access"? I would suggest the wearing of a thong is unrelated to actual behavior.
And the fact that the principal is checking at all suggests that "easy access" has already become a problem.
Nice circular logic. "The practice exists, therefore there must be a reason for the practice to exist."
At any rate, the lady's right: that kind of clothing has no place at a public event for kids.
The question remains: is it the role of the school to enforce underwear codes, or the role of the parent to do so?
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