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So this kid, a football player and of Scottish heritage, wants to wear a traditional kilt to a school dance. Of course the principal makes an arse of himself while telling the kid to change into pants;
When will these districts ever learn about this kind of thing? Other districts here in the US have banned the colors red and blue (cookies, cookie sheets, xmas decorations and otherwise) over the holidays in the mistaken idea that they somehow "force religion" on the other kids.
PC run amok.....
Dr. Mordrid
Warmack alleges McClard told him: "Well, this is my dance, and I'm not going to have students coming into it looking like clowns." McClard later said he had no recollection of saying that, Warmack's dad said. The principal did not return phone calls seeking comment.
The school district's superintendent, Ron Anderson, said McClard has the authority under the district's dress code policy to judge appropriate dress for extracurricular activities, including dances.
"It's mainly to protect from the possibility of a disruption or something that could be viewed as a disruption," Anderson said.
Several Scottish heritage organizations are angry, saying the kilt is a symbol of Scottish pride and considered formal dress.
"To say the traditional Scottish dress makes you look like a clown is a direct insult to people of Scottish heritage and those who live in Scotland," said Tom Wilson, a Texas commissioner for the Clan Gunn Society of North American, a Scottish heritage organization.
Another Clan Gunn member, Beth Gardner, started an online petition seeking an apology for Warmack. It questions in part the notion that the kilt was a distraction.
"From what? From the intense concentration it takes to dance?"
The school district's superintendent, Ron Anderson, said McClard has the authority under the district's dress code policy to judge appropriate dress for extracurricular activities, including dances.
"It's mainly to protect from the possibility of a disruption or something that could be viewed as a disruption," Anderson said.
Several Scottish heritage organizations are angry, saying the kilt is a symbol of Scottish pride and considered formal dress.
"To say the traditional Scottish dress makes you look like a clown is a direct insult to people of Scottish heritage and those who live in Scotland," said Tom Wilson, a Texas commissioner for the Clan Gunn Society of North American, a Scottish heritage organization.
Another Clan Gunn member, Beth Gardner, started an online petition seeking an apology for Warmack. It questions in part the notion that the kilt was a distraction.
"From what? From the intense concentration it takes to dance?"
When will these districts ever learn about this kind of thing? Other districts here in the US have banned the colors red and blue (cookies, cookie sheets, xmas decorations and otherwise) over the holidays in the mistaken idea that they somehow "force religion" on the other kids.
PC run amok.....
Dr. Mordrid
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