November 27, 2003 (ELGIN, Ill.) — A high school fed up with students wearing hooded sweat shirts to get around a dress code banning headgear has banned the shirts. Gifford Street High School officials last week told students to leave the "hoodies" at home, Elgin School District U-46 spokesman Larry Ascough said. It's a hard stance that has angered some students and their parents, who say they shouldn't have to pay for new cold-weather clothing and that the rule is silly. "The school sent my daughter home because she was wearing a hooded sweat shirt," Jim Frederick said. "Come on....