IS this really inappropriate for a jr high school kid to wear to school?

[miskie]

I'm no judge by any means, but I'd let my oldest girl wear this outfit without a second thought - So, All I can come up with is there must be a rule they have taken a zero-tolerance approach on - I'm guessing skirts cant go that far above the knee.

[jtyangel]

I'm no judge by any means, but I'd let my oldest girl wear this outfit without a second thought - So, All I can come up with is there must be a rule they have taken a zero-tolerance approach on - I'm guessing skirts cant go that far above the knee.

They may have a 'fingertip' rule. Girls with longer arms generally will get dinged more under this rule. Basically the girls skirt can't be shorter then where her fingertips fall at her side. Just a note though, my daughter's pushed the envelope a little on this and she's gotten a pass from what I've seen and had other girls been getting 'dress coded'. The only difference I can find is in the perception of the teachers and staff towards the student. I've found the more the child is seen as a 'good kid', the more willing the teacher is to overlook things like this as an oversight and not be as severe on judgement. It's not right on the fairness scale, but I do think it happens. Now sometimes they crack the whip regardless, but I do find the kids perceived as the 'good kids' or likeable kids get a pass sometimes when they aren't being as zero tolerance. There's a chance she got caught up when they cracked the whip...just unlucky timing. I still see nothign wrong with what she's wearing, but when they decide to get strict on the rules with that they are unforgiving in it.

[vesta111]

I'm no judge by any means, but I'd let my oldest girl wear this outfit without a second thought - So, All I can come up with is there must be a rule they have taken a zero-tolerance approach on - I'm guessing skirts cant go that far above the knee.

Now you sound like Lawrence Whelk that fired a dancer for showing too much knee.  But he had no problem keeping a male dancer that he had to have known was gay on his family show.

   a confusing time for America but I was fortunate to have grandparents that talked about this in front of me way back then.    Their take was as the dancer was on the cover of TV guide and gave directions on how to copy her dancing clothing, old Laurence got jealous that she was now the star of the show and people were paying more attention to her then to him.

 Naturally the Lennon sisters the perfect children of the show were now pushed into the back, due to a dancer that got attention and clothing was copied with directions  on how to make them.

This is so weird in this day and age,  my girls wore uniforms  to school that were at the top of their knee.

So what is the agenda of a school that gripes about the above knee skirt of a student ?   This is NUTS, are the teachers and school board looking for their 15 minutes of fame ???

Lets get out the camera phones and take pictures of the clothing the TEACHERS wear in or out of school.

The wife of the Principle and the wives of the male teachers wear out in public.  

All this stupid stuff that directs our our attention away from the serious stuff,  like taxes, and local government,  the changing zoning laws in a town,  up to this new thing about the ability to change the double jeopardy laws.

While we discuss the little stuff, the country is going to Hell in a hand basket.    

While we get all huffy about the small stuff, the big stuff is passing by, we now have a problem much more in portant then a child's clothing,     Watch FOX      Seems the Double Jeopardy law is now kaput.

[Kyle Ricky]

There is nothing wrong with that outfit. If I was the parent, I would be "nicely" asking the school what their beef is.

[miskie]

They may have a 'fingertip' rule. Girls with longer arms generally will get dinged more under this rule. Basically the girls skirt can't be shorter then where her fingertips fall at her side. Just a note though, my daughter's pushed the envelope a little on this and she's gotten a pass from what I've seen and had other girls been getting 'dress coded'. The only difference I can find is in the perception of the teachers and staff towards the student. I've found the more the child is seen as a 'good kid', the more willing the teacher is to overlook things like this as an oversight and not be as severe on judgement. It's not right on the fairness scale, but I do think it happens. Now sometimes they crack the whip regardless, but I do find the kids perceived as the 'good kids' or likeable kids get a pass sometimes when they aren't being as zero tolerance. There's a chance she got caught up when they cracked the whip...just unlucky timing. I still see nothign wrong with what she's wearing, but when they decide to get strict on the rules with that they are unforgiving in it.

I've never heard of this 'fingertip rule' before today, but it certainly does sound subjective to me, which I really dislike.

Well, this is a moot discussion for me anyway. My oldest kid goes to an evil Rethug lovin' -union bustin' Charter School and they have a uniform policy. (the younger two are still too young to attend) But still - If my oldest was going out somewhere in public, I wouldn't say two words about her wearing the same outfit this girl is, cut to the same proportions.

It doesn't seem to be overly revealing or provocative, and it seems age appropriate.

[Kyle Ricky]

I've never heard of this 'fingertip rule' before today, but it certainly does sound subjective to me, which I really dislike.

Well, this is a moot discussion for me anyway. My oldest kid goes to an evil Rethug lovin' -union bustin' Charter School and they have a uniform policy. (the younger two are still too young to attend) But still - If my oldest was going out somewhere in public, I wouldn't say two words about her wearing the same outfit this girl is, cut to the same proportions.

It doesn't seem to be overly revealing or provocative, and it seems age appropriate.

The school my daughter goes to has a finger tip rule for Shorts and dresses. It is where if the outfit isn't lower than your finger tips, you can't wear it. I don't see that problem in the outfit that girl is wearing.

[seahorse513]

I think the outfit looks fine. Apparently it was an 1/2 inch too short!! wtf.seriously I think the principle has too much time on his hands!!!

[vesta111]

I think the outfit looks fine. Apparently it was an 1/2 inch too short!! wtf.seriously I think the principle has too much time on his hands!!!

   

  Sea this is just a symptom of society running amok.

Every day we see in the news some poor kid using judgement to cross the zero tolerance rules of people  who have a need to weld a hammer against those they are in charge of.

Young girls suspended for passing a friend a Midol when the friend has cramps from a period.

The child that rushed to save a classmates life when they could not breath due to forgetting their inhalator and lending them theirs.

Now we have a young woman suspended for doing a class room project about the Fictional story about a bullied child that took their life.

Is this a trend here, few males are suspended for anything they do, bulling or being a nuance.  Why are the females all so often in trouble for everything from their hair do's to checking the length of their skirts ??

I am NOT a female rights person until I see it being brought down to our children.   Our girls are being taught to follow the rules to the max, stand and watch as another female dies from not being able to breath, not give a OC help to a another female in pain.    Punished for creativity in a class project. punished for wearing perfectally acceptable dress for their age.   

Males are , well male, lots of excuses for their behavior, Females must Conform to standards other then reasonable because, well they are female.    Sounds like the Muslim ideas of female's behavior are creeping in here.

  The beautiful little girl that had her long hair tied into a lovely bow and refused to be allowed to have her class picture taken,  --Talk about bullies, not the class mates but the Adults that needed to weld their power over a little girl.

The school system has gone nuts, the M/F pedophiles and the power trip of the schools over the children and their parents is possibly one of the reasons for the huge drop out rate from students.

BTW, Not just the females, a young man who was in highschool and owned his own truck, paid for by after school jobs, helped his grandmother move.   Some how a butter knife was overlooked in the truck bed and some one saw it.   Next thing the kid knew he was arrested for having a weapon on school property, suspended for a week and had to go to court.

Another young boy had an after school job and left his tool box in the trunk of his car. Someone saw him and friends smoking cigarettes before class and the car was searched and in the tool box a boxcutter essential for his part time job was found.

Now you tell me how the kids of today can in anyway function  as we did, just  live normal life, darn we had in hunting season GUNS in the trunks for after school hunting.    Fishing for kids, both Ice and warm weather, one Needs all sorts of knives to do so, to cut line, Some equipment is needed and is usually stored in the truck or car, so when a Boy is doing a Mans job, penalise him punish him.   Allow the powers that be, to take Him or Her down a peg for being more at 17 then they at 30 will ever be.

Sorry Sea I got all rilled up here, I feel we are turning our children into zombies, act outside the rules even in an emergency, may be teaching that to react in an emergency or just go about normal life may become a reason to be punished.