"A bill passed in Tennessee earlier this year declared hand-holding a 'gateway sexual activity,' with teachers facing firing for even demonstrating the action."Read the CafeMom.com article behind the above link.
I wonder what Tennessee school authorities would say, if they visited Woodstock High School and looked at the clothing worn on spring days by the female and male students. Man, talk about a "gateway" sexual activity!
There is a dress code in District 200 schools. The following is excerpted from the Parent Handbook, found online at www.woodstockschools.org
Dress and Appearance
Students’
dress and grooming must not disrupt the educational process, interfere
with the maintenance of a positive teaching/learning climate, or
compromise reasonable standards of health, safety, and decency.
Expectations for student dress and grooming as well as procedures for
handling students who dress or groom inappropriately are included in the
student handbooks for each school. The Building Principal is the final
authority for judging the appropriateness of a student’s appearance.
The above is for parents.
Then each school has a Student Handbook, which defines appropriate dress only a little more, but sabotages its intention by stating that "Students' dress and grooming are regulated by health and safety factors." See Page 41 of the Student Handbook on the Woodstock High School website.
A student's appearance must not be indecent or disruptive to the orderly learning environment of this school. That's totally subjective and cannot meet the test of a standard. Maybe this is why the girls (and boys) get away with dressing as they do.
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