Dress Code Violators Wise Up

It’s been said before and I’ll say it again- kids are smart. Whenever you place restrictions on them, they know exactly how far they can push the envelope without getting caught. And now, it seems, they’ve even come up with a back up plan.

A Toledo, Ohio school recently moved to a stricter dress code. Students were employing their right to express themselves, but to the school it was just too tight, too baggy, or not enough coverage. Many of the students were wearing t-shirts that promoted alcohol, cigarettes, or sex, and school officials grew concerned.

"This is school, not the mall," one official explained. "This is an educational institution, and it's not a social event. The expectations are that you dress accordingly."

Now, when a student wears a shirt considered to be inappropriate, there is a consequence- the bright yellow “dress code violator” t-shirt. Of course, it wasn’t long before the students wised-up. Students know when their pushing it, and “90 percent of them "miraculously" have something else to wear in their locker,” said the principal.