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PA School Board propose that kids wear lab coats when they disobey school dress code.
Last edited Wed Jun 27, 2012, 05:13 PM - Edit history (1)
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/06/susquehanna_township_students_1.html
Susquehanna Township students call prospects of wearing lab coat for dress code violations 'absurd'
Kiana Jenkins once wore what she considered a hair accessory to school and was ordered by a teacher to take it off because it was a hat.
Maggie Reddecliff wore a parent-approved, correct-length skirt but was criticized for violating the dress code because of a “scruffy mark.”
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An idea floated by a Susquehanna Township School Board committee Monday night — and met with mixed reviews — would require that high school and middle school dress-code violators to wear a lab coat over their clothes all day if their parents can’t bring acceptable clothing to school.
School administrators said the district’s dress code — the ban on torn jeans, visible underwear and offensive slogans — isn’t a problem.
Their issue is the time it takes to track down parents to bring appropriate wear to school and, if parents can’t make it, keep the violators in the library.
The idea would send those students back to class, but with a lab coat covering the disputed clothing, said board member Michael Ferguson, one of the presenters
Susquehanna Township students call prospects of wearing lab coat for dress code violations 'absurd'
Kiana Jenkins once wore what she considered a hair accessory to school and was ordered by a teacher to take it off because it was a hat.
Maggie Reddecliff wore a parent-approved, correct-length skirt but was criticized for violating the dress code because of a “scruffy mark.”
<<<<snip>>>>
An idea floated by a Susquehanna Township School Board committee Monday night — and met with mixed reviews — would require that high school and middle school dress-code violators to wear a lab coat over their clothes all day if their parents can’t bring acceptable clothing to school.
School administrators said the district’s dress code — the ban on torn jeans, visible underwear and offensive slogans — isn’t a problem.
Their issue is the time it takes to track down parents to bring appropriate wear to school and, if parents can’t make it, keep the violators in the library.
The idea would send those students back to class, but with a lab coat covering the disputed clothing, said board member Michael Ferguson, one of the presenters
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Here we are headed off to 3rd hour PE:
Here we are in 4th hour biology:
Lunch break--open campus, of course:
And we all wonder why our population is hooked on crap like Faux News...
Laura
I guess they are considered in that "T" area... 
Lab coat optional. Scrubs are relatively cheap. They're comfortable. They're baggy, so boys won't be staring at girls' chest areas all the time. Perfect solution. And now, scrubs are available in a wide array of colors and patterns. Both boys and girls can wear them, so it's fair all around.
