September 11th is a day that everyone in the US remembers those who lost their lives 13 years ago. That is exactly what a sixth-grader from Orangevale, California was trying to do. Every year her entire family wears the same 9/11 memorial shirt, but this year she couldn't because school officials said it violated their dress code. The school has a uniform that the children must wear and
they felt that making one exception like this would make it hard to draw the line in the future.
I do not agree with the schools reasoning as to why this young girl wasn't allowed to wear the t-shirt. I understand that the school has a strict dress code that they feel they must enforce, but on a day like 9/11 I believe that they could have made an exception. 9/11 has a significant meaning to this girl's family. Her stepfather has been a part of the military for 25 years so this day is very important for their family. School officials should have realized the significance when the stepfather called to see if his stepdaughter could wear the shirt. I don't think he would have made the call if it didn't mean a lot to him and his family.
If the school officials didn't want it to seem like they were making an exception for this girls family then they should have allowed all kids that day to wear clothing that represented America and/or 9/11. I don't think that the school did all that they could to allow this girl to wear the shirt. What do you think? Was the school right in their reasoning?
Ariana- I completely agree with your opinion on this article. I find it ridiculous that the student couldn't wear this shirt to school, regardless of the uniform rules. Since 9/11 affected so many people in different ways, I feel like it should be a exception to the uniform rules. I see how the school could be scared this might spark more students to disobey the uniform in the future, but I think this is a different case and should be handled differently than regular disobeiance of uniform.
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