Constitutional Rights at school?

[Amanda Morrison]

A few comments to this thread:

My old high school, where my brother attends, recently disallowed students wearing hoodies of any sort, stating that firearms and drugs are too easily concealed.

They also recently tried to ban students from wearing the color pink, citing it as a gang symbol.

Keep in mind that this is one of Hammond's four PUBLIC high schools. The other schools do not have this ban.

What do you think? I'm thinking protests.

/edit: should I also mention that when I was in 8th grade, my high school was featured on MTV because it automatically suspended any student with a hair color other than 'natural' (normal redhead, blonde, brunette, or black hair)? sigh.

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by Amanda Morrison

A few comments to this thread:

My old high school, where my brother attends, recently disallowed students wearing hoodies of any sort, stating that firearms and drugs are too easily concealed.

They also recently tried to ban students from wearing the color pink, citing it as a gang symbol.

Keep in mind that this is one of Hammond's four PUBLIC high schools. The other schools do not have this ban.

What do you think?

I think that is outrageous. I know they have banned certain things in my previous high school because they can be gang signs (bandanas, hats, etc.), but never a whole color. And the hoodie thing is completely ridiculous. I would be in there fighting that, I would wear a hoodie everyday and take that to the school board and court if necessary. They have gone too far.

[Eria4044]

Originally Posted by tkwetzel

I think that is outrageous. I know they have banned certain things in my previous high school because they can be gang signs (bandanas, hats, etc.), but never a whole color. And the hoodie thing is completely ridiculous. I would be in there fighting that, I would wear a hoodie everyday and take that to the school board and court if necessary. They have gone too far.

I can see the point about hoodies and gang symbols but banning an entire color is just plain stupid. I guess if they ever have school uniforms there won't be any pink in them.

[Adam Y.]

They also recently tried to ban students from wearing the color pink, citing it as a gang symbol.

You can tell who is wearing the gang symbol pink and just wearing pink because it's pink. The people who are wearing pink as a gang colors look like they tried washing clothes for the first time. It's the shade of pink that you get from bright red shirt that bled into a white t-shirt. Im not sure whether to laugh or be afraid at all those people wearing those shirts.

[gsensel]

The whole hoodie thing is messed up. I am at college now and even in HS i never wore a coat unless it was REALLY cold. So I always wore a hoodie or sweat shirt. I just wore it all day and took it off if I got warm.