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Speakers urge district to revise dress code, stop prayers at board openings and change parental notification rules
Summary
Public commenters asked the Onslow County Board of Education to adopt gender-neutral dress-code rules, stop opening board meetings with sectarian prayer, and broaden parental notification when students are suspected of crimes.
Three members of the public used the board’s public comment period to ask the Onslow County Board of Education to revise district policies.
Cameron Dutton, speaking about policies at Southwest Middle School, asked the district to replace what he called vague or inconsistently enforced dress-code rules. Dutton urged gender-neutral standards for leggings and opposed a blanket ban on pajama-style clothing, arguing current enforcement disproportionately affects girls, students from lower-income families and students with sensory needs. "If leggings are inappropriate, why are they…
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