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Parents and community members urge board to revise dress-code enforcement; many say girls are unfairly targeted
Summary
Dozens of public commenters at the Sept. 8 Washington County School Board meeting urged the board to reconsider recent dress-code changes and how they are enforced, saying girls are disproportionately disciplined, publicly shamed and harmed by current practices.
Multiple parents, a mental-health provider and PTA leaders used the board’s public-comment period on Sept. 8 to press the Washington County School District to revise its recently updated dress-code procedures, arguing enforcement disproportionately targets girls and damages students’ self-esteem.
Several parents described cases in which their daughters were told to cover up or wear district-provided “shame shirts” and said the practice caused humiliation. “This practice is, in my opinion, cruel and very damaging to a girl's self worth,” said Jacqueline Wakeley, who identified herself as the parent of a ninth-grade…
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