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, 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.

EOD, i think this section of the article right here is what determined my opinion on this.

#1.ONLY girls wearing short skirts were ASKED what kind of underwear they had on. NOT all girls, not girls with LONG skirts, just girls in SHORT skirts, who, if wearing thong underwear on the dance floor would be giving a free show.

#2. They were told to GO HOME AND PUT ON APPROPRIATE UNDERWEAR. that is a perfectly legitimate request to make of a student.

#3. THE PERSON who is claiming that the vice principal lifted the skirts, is the one causing the ruckus.

So, i happen to believe that this V.P. was aware of problems at previous dances, with girls wearing inappropriate undergarments AND SHORT SKIRTS (please note, that had they had thong underwear on and LONG SKIRTS, they were not asked about the type of underwear) and so she preemptively decided to police the issue in advance of them reaching the dance floor, but TARGETING girls in SHORT SKIRTS to ASK about the propriety of their underclothing. i have not a single problem with this.

As i said, i just came from a jr high dance, i know how those kids DRESS, i know how they behave on the dance floor. i was responsible for producing 7th grade parent chaperones to police this particular function and the Principal, who is a nun, was at the door, and while she would never presume to lift a skirt (and there is no PROOF that it was done here either!), in my view she is perfectly entitled to inquire about inappropriate underwear of a girl wearing an assbearing skirt!!!

XS, I agree completely that the school officials have the right and responsibility to ask if a student is dressed in accordance with the school dress code.

My issue is with the physical action, if verified, of the vice principal lifting up the skirts of the girls wearing short skirts and doing so in a public forum. That is the distinction I am making. If the complaining students account is accurate, would you condone having your child searched in this manner?

(and there is no PROOF that it was done here either!)

I was wondering how long it would take for this to get posted.

The allegation of "skirt lifting" was made by *one* student who was present at the event and supported by *two* parents who were not.

Doesn't mean it didn't happen, but it does make me wonder if the student might have exaggerated just a bit to add some drama. Wouldn't be the first time a High School kid did this.

On the flip side, it also wouldn't be the first time an administrator used extremely poor judgment.