Pennsylvania Middle School Bans Boots

[dmcowen674]

Naked school soon?

1-29-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/pennsylvania-middle-school-bans-boots-211312705--abc-news.html

Pennsylvania Middle School Bans Boots



In a letter sent home to parents from principal Gail Cooper Wednesday, "open top boots" are banned in classrooms starting next Monday because students have been bringing in contraband items in their boots.

Under this rule, the ban would include the popular Uggs.

Students have been mainly hiding cell phones in their boots

he possession of personal electronic devices in school, including cell phones, is not permitted.

The school district does have a mandatory uniform for the middle school students. The school handbook devotes a section to proper attire that states shoes, boots and sneakers with matching-colored laces are permitted.

If a student does not comply, discipline can range from a reminder sent home to parents on the first offense to possible detention or suspensions at the principal's discretion for repeated offenses.

 

[waggy]

wow..idiotic.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Kids find away around rules. Rules get stiffer. People complain. Raise kids properly and this BS goes away.

 

[Leymenaide]

She is making over 120 k there is nowhere else she can make that kind of money. This type lives to cover their back end.

 

[cybrsage]

There is an alternative. Any contraband found in the boots would be smashed immediately. That would end the practice.

 

[shortylickens]

There is an alternative. Any contraband found in the boots would be smashed immediately. That would end the practice.

And get the school sued for destruction of property.

 

[gmaster456]

Kids are crafty. Its like a security patch. The boot ban will stop contraband from coming in for a little while, but then a new vulnerability will be exploited. But banning boots, in the winter, in Pennsylvania is moronic to put it lightly.

 

[blackangst1]

Coming soon to a Pennsylvania classroom near you: prison wallets!

 

[EagleKeeper]

Kids are crafty. Its like a security patch. The boot ban will stop contraband from coming in for a little while, but then a new vulnerability will be exploited. But banning boots, in the winter, in Pennsylvania is moronic to put it lightly.

Only open top boots are banned

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Only open top boots are banned

That and the article says in the classroom. Obviously I've never seen the school but when I was a kid we had coat and boot areas in the halls where we could change into normal, dry shoes in the winter.

 

[DrPizza]

Seems like a little over the top to ban boots mid season. For some families, purchasing a new set of boots could be quite a hardship. They should simply tighten their policy with regard to the real issue: cell phones and other electronic devices. My suggestion - a policy that works - first time offense, it's sent to the office, parent has to pick it up (at which time, the rules are further explicitly explained to the parents.) 2nd offense, the item is kept until the end of the school year. Students will always test rules to see if they're serious; after a few iphones have been confiscated until the end of the school year, the rest of the students will take the warning and keep their devices in their lockers.

edit: ohhh, banned in the classroom, but not for walking to and from school? Fine with me! Get rid of all the boots with black soles that the kids drag on the floor that leave those pita scuff marks to remove while you're at it.

 

[waggy]

Seems like a little over the top to ban boots mid season. For some families, purchasing a new set of boots could be quite a hardship. They should simply tighten their policy with regard to the real issue: cell phones and other electronic devices. My suggestion - a policy that works - first time offense, it's sent to the office, parent has to pick it up (at which time, the rules are further explicitly explained to the parents.) 2nd offense, the item is kept until the end of the school year. Students will always test rules to see if they're serious; after a few iphones have been confiscated until the end of the school year, the rest of the students will take the warning and keep their devices in their lockers.

edit: ohhh, banned in the classroom, but not for walking to and from school? Fine with me! Get rid of all the boots with black soles that the kids drag on the floor that leave those pita scuff marks to remove while you're at it.

my kids school has kinda the same policy but nto for the same reason. phones are actually ok and there is not abuse.

but they have students change from boots to sneakers in teh hall to protect the floor and make less work for the janitor.

 

[Matthiasa]

Well still doesn't beat the highs school I went to.
Any time the police would come in with dogs for a drug search they would announce it before hand.
Needless to say there was a lot of stuff getting flushed anytime it was announced.

 

[BoberFett]

Only open top boots are banned

Is there another kind? How do your put your feet in YOUR boots?

Are pockets banned at this school as well?

 

[Anarchist420]

Rules in school often don't work.

 

[shortylickens]

Rules in school often don't work.

They do if they're enforced, which is yet another reason private schools are so much better than public.

 

[Doppel]

Stupid telling kids no phone in school anyway. Smart saying don't use it; keep it with you for after school/emergency, whatever, but no phones at all is dumb. Just enforce when they ues it.

 

[kranky]

Stupid telling kids no phone in school anyway. Smart saying don't use it; keep it with you for after school/emergency, whatever, but no phones at all is dumb. Just enforce when they ues it.

I don't know if that's a good solution. From my observations, it would be like telling a crackhead in withdrawal that he can keep some crack in his pocket but can't use it until later. The kids I know cannot keep their hands off their phones. It's probably kinder to the kids to ban possession while in school than to let the kids keep them but ban usage.

 

[Anubis]

Only open top boots are banned

please feel free to point me to where i can get closed top boots

 

[shortylickens]

please feel free to point me to where i can get closed top boots

I would say any boot with strings towards the top that lets you tighten them to the skin.
Having said that, loosening those straps and slipping shit in and out would not be a hard task.

 

[EagleKeeper]

please feel free to point me to where i can get closed top boots

contact the school

 

[Linflas]

Rules in school often don't work.

When not followed and enforced by both the parents and the school administration.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Rules in school often don't work.

When not followed and enforced by both the parents and the school administration.

Many parents do not care - they think of the school as a day care center.

The school system also becomes crippled by fear of law suits from parents looking to make a name for themselves and pass the blame

 

[MomentsofSanity]

The constant semantics games in this forum are sad. Open top boots are a particular style. If you aren't familiar, look it up.

 

[Linflas]

Many parents do not care - they think of the school as a day care center.

The school system also becomes crippled by fear of law suits from parents looking to make a name for themselves and pass the blame

It is not just that it is that the parents in many cases now join with their kid against the school system and administration. It is pretty much the exact opposite of when I was in school and the parents and school administration worked together.