Parents, students asking Webster Groves School District to let girls wear crop tops

[SouthernLiberal]

10. I am so disappointed that we still have this problem

When I was in high school, many years ago, the students had an argument about the dress code. It started in mid winter, when several girls who walked to school wore pants. This was against the dress code, and they were sent home to change. Several lost the whole day, because they had no other choice but to walk to school wearing a skirt in below freezing weather. Others got a ride from parents. The next day, every single girl wore pants to school.

There were other conflicts about what girls could wear to school.

Come spring, the principal agreed at last to discuss the dress code with a group of students. It was, of course, all about what girls could wear. It was the same excuse that people use today - boys would be distracted by the clothing that girls wore. Some of what the principal said (like the ban on midi-skirts, which were popular at the time) lead me to believe that the principal was the one who was distracted by our clothing.

I think that is still the case.