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Policy committee debates hoodies, school colors and enforcement under student-attire policy
Summary
Trustees debated whether to restore Bells Elementary's red school color, reaffirmed an existing ban on hooded sweatshirts, discussed administrative enforcement burdens and possible legal or law-enforcement input on gang-color concerns under policy JICA.
Trustees on the Colleton County School District policy committee revisited student-attire rules under policy JICA, including a contested suggestion to restore Bells Elementary’s red color and queries about the board's existing ban on hooded sweatshirts.
Trustee Murdoch asked the committee to “restore Bell's school colors,” saying parents had requested red shirts for school spirit. Several trustees and administrators cautioned that color exceptions can create enforcement challenges and that…
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