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Parent tells Monroe County School Board dress-code enforcement humiliates students, urges change
Summary
At a Monroe County School Board meeting, parent Cassie Kirkland asked the board to revise the district dress code, saying her daughters were repeatedly "dress-coded," that enforcement is inconsistent, and asking the board to consider fingertip-length rules or uniforms.
Cassie Kirkland, a parent, told the Monroe County School Board that the district’s enforcement of its student dress code has humiliated her children and other students and should be changed.
Kirkland spoke during public comment and said her daughters have been "dress coded" multiple times this school year for shorts that she measured as two inches above the knee. She said she brought a measuring tape and photos to a school…
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