Oh, those little smart alecks. This thing needs to be nipped in the bud before Golden Gate High descends into the madness of cufflinks:
Austin Perkins, 17, thought he was going one step above what was required of him.The Golden Gate High School senior wore a jacket and tie to school Wednesday and the act sent him to in-school suspension.
His violation? He wasn’t following the dress code.
“I thought it was better than a polo shirt,” he said. “So, my friend and I thought why not take the extra step? It says business dress. A coat and tie are business dress. Instead we were thrown in a room where we couldn’t talk.”
Principal Bob Spano said Perkins and several other students had been warned before Wednesday that they were not following the dress code.
“This was a group of students who had been talked to before,” he said. “Because there was a group of them, it sort of brought more attention to it.”
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Perkins, who ended up going home Wednesday, because he “couldn’t get work done” in in-school suspension, said he shouldn’t have been punished.“They set the standard, but we exceeded it,” he said.
Principals White and Weatherby commiserate with you, Principal Spano.
Posted by floridacracker at August 26, 2007 04:38 AMSorry, I'm with the principal on this one. These kids deliberately broke the dress code, which is their choice, but they were warned that this would be the consequence of their action.
If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime.
Posted by: Chris at August 26, 2007 01:32 PMKids hate dress codes.
They were funny up until the time they blamed administration for not being able to do their work cause they were in the time out room.
lame, lame, lame.
By the way, GGHS has a UNIFORM code, not a dress code. [reasonable for a HS in a rough part of town to dissuade suits and ties. The tough guys (read: gansters) are always looking for casual exceptions to the uniform code so's they can identify and intimidate.]
I'm wondering if that was the first time in these kids' scholastic careers they found themselves in ISS. Most high school kids who manage to keep out of ISS for middle school aren't in a hurry to explain to their parents why their junior or senior year is a good time for a new experience, even if it's to make a point.
Funny how the real achievers (the JROTCs for one example) who have actual ties to wear and understanding of dress codes manage to stay out of In School Suspension.
Ahhh, another pernicious attempt by the goverment education camps to infiltrate the minds of those whacky perpatrators of this heinious crime by informing them that if they don't conform to their stodgy dress code they will be punished severely by a stint in ISS.
"The horror, the horror..."
I do so doubt that "using common sense" to see that the students had exceeded the *dress code could ever cross the administrators of this system's shortsighted safety veiws.
*1: Golden Gate High approved a professional dress code for students last year, making it the first high school in Collier County to do so. Under the policy, students are required to wear *collared* or polo shirts that must be tucked in. The shirts must be in a solid color of white, gray, green, pink or khaki. The shirts must be 3 inches below the waist, which is school board policy.
Posted by: Gmac at August 27, 2007 11:47 AMYou can't exceed a dress code, you can only conform to it or not.
Posted by: Chris at August 27, 2007 12:52 PMLove it.
Just shut up and learn. "But we were just...." Shut up and learn. "But it's not right that..." Shut up and learn. "You have no right to..."
Shut up. And learn.
School is not a democracy. Put that on a shirt, and leave it at home.
Posted by: CJ at August 27, 2007 01:58 PMHeh. I'm with Nancy on this. Despite the saying that "nobody loves a smartass," I do; I really do. When they were offered the choice to call home and have new clothes brought, they should have took it though.
My friend Doug hilariously fell into formation with a note from his wife pinned to the front of his BDUs saying Dougie didn't feel well and should have light duty that day. The sergeant gave him the army version of an in-school suspension...
Posted by: Donnah at August 27, 2007 04:37 PM