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In reply to the discussion: Junior high teacher tells kid to remove Marines t-shirt or get suspended (has guns on it) [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)"Student dress (including accessories) may not advertise, promote, or picture alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia, violent behavior, or other inappropriate images.
The problem is that "inappropriate images" is vague, and leaves it up to staff members to determine what is "inappropriate" on the spot. McIntyre is right about that. I'm sure that there would be disagreement on the part of any group of adults over whether or not various specific images might be inappropriate.
The article doesn't say whether or not the teacher asked the student to change his shirt, was refused, and then threatened the suspension, or whether the teacher simply walked up to the student and said, "remove the shirt or be suspended" without any prior discussion, which is highly unlikely.
The "send students to the principal for a 2nd opinion and final determination" is standard procedure in most schools. The catch-22 is whether or not this particular school is one in which teachers are pressured NOT to send students to the office to resolve issues, but to handle it themselves. This is also quite common.