He said the school had received "many supportive messages" from parents. Mr Richards said: "Parents who come in have been astonished to see the difference between the length their daughter may wear her skirt as she leaves home and what has happened by the time she is walking the corridors of the school."
He said the school had been "seriously concerned now, for a number of years, that girls as young as 12 or 13 years of age are placing themselves at risk by wearing skirts of a wholly inappropriate length. We are also aware that parents are becoming increasingly frustrated that the school seems incapable of imposing its authority on such young children," he said.
"In the end we could probably do so but the cost in terms of detentions and exclusions would be very high and disproportionate to the end we would achieve. The issue, therefore, has led to battles within the family home and unnecessary and time wasting confrontation at school." Mr Richards said he had received supportive messages from parents who were "grateful to us for taking a difficult decision on their behalf".
5 comments:
In my old school teachers would measure the length of the girls' skirts. They had to fall at least 4" below the knee for all ages of student.
and they measured it, laying down on their backs on the floor ???? with a camera "to be sure" ????
;)
At my school (in the 80's) boys protested that girls were allowed to wear mini skirts and boys were not allowed shorts. So the school banned mini skirts and shorts.
Why shouldn't the girls wear pants? It's 2010, for goodness sake!
Because it looks so qute? - Oh ratz that's just why they want to ban them...
:-P
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