High School Girl Sent Home For Wearing THIS

Summer is over, and school is starting across the country.
Though classes are barely begun in most parts of America, the battle over school dress codes has already started in Kentucky.

Stacie Dunn’s daughter was recently sent to the principal’s office at Woodford County High School for breaking the school dress code.

It requires girls to wear shirts that cover their collarbones.

Girl Breaks Dress Code

Captioning a Facebook picture of her daughter, Dunn wrote, ”So this is my daughter at school today."

"I had to come to the school because according to her school principal what she is wearing is out of dress code and inappropriate for school.”

"When I got there I found a group of female students standing in the office due to being out of dress code also.”

Rightfully, Dunn criticized the school for maintaining a dress code that punishes girls for showing their collarbones "because it may distract their male class mates.”  

That sounds like the boys have a problem that should be corrected, not the girls.

Dunn continued on Facebook, “This is ridiculous!”

"Parents are being called away from their important jobs and students are missing important class time because they are showing their collarbones! Something needs to change!”

Rather than taking her daughter home, Dunn went to the school with a scarf for her daughter to wear. However, her daughter was sent home anyway for giving the principal “an attitude.”

In another Facebook photo, Dunn posted a picture of her daughter wearing the scarf.  She captioned the pic, "What did he want her to tie it like a noose around her neck!”

Girl Confirms to Dress Code

The Woodford County Schools superintendent, Scott Hawkins, said the dress code policy has been enforce for more than 10 years.

Ummm, don’t you think it is time for a revision?

Hawkins told Today, “Our school administration has been very open with students and parents alike, that if they feel like changes need to be made, they are open to suggestions.”

”It just needs to be measurable so that it can be consistently enforced. The whole idea behind the dress code is to make sure you have a safe learning environment and that's what we're trying to create.”

According to the school’s policy, shirts must have crew-neckline collars that do not go below the collarbone.  In other words, everyone has to wear a turtleneck.

"There's nothing magical about the collarbone itself other than that's just a point of reference, kind of like your knee would be for the length of shorts, or the length of a skirt," Hawkins said.

School districts don’t set the dress code policy for the entire area.  Instead, student dress codes are determined at the school level.

Dunn did not respond to Today for comment.  But she noted on her Facebook page that the principal has contacted her to arrange a meeting.

She said, "He would be willing to amend the dress code if I was willing to put together a proposed dress code that was realistic, measurable and professional that everyone, including lawyers could agree too! Sounds like I have some work to do!"

"It was never my intent to 'bash' anyone, merely to draw attention to what I feel was an injustice in our school system," she said in a later Facebook post. 

She reminded her Facebook followers that her issue is with "the ridiculous dress code, not in the conduct of the faculty."

Dunn also mentioned that the principal has collaborated with a group of high school students about making "a reasonable dress code change proposal" to offer the school board.