MarinesT-Shirt Ban; School Apologizes

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The Illinois middle school that forced a 14-year-old boy to take off his U.S. Marines T-shirt issued an apology this week, saying it did not violate the dress code.
Daniel McIntyre, the boy’s father, told Fox News that he questioned the decision handed down by authorities at Genoa-Kingston Middle School.
McIntyre’s son, Michael, was forced to wear his T-shirt inside out after his teacher, Karen Deverel, told him to remove it from sight, citing the dress code of the school. The shirt featured interlocking rifles.
However, in a statement, the school acknowledged that the move was a bit excessive.
“Genoa-Kingston Middle School is well known in the community for their support of our military. The students and staff regularly write letters of support to the troops, and hold patriotic ceremonies for Veteran’s Day and Patriot’s Day,” the statement reads.

With that in mind, the school’s authorities “were disheartened to learn of this matter through the media,” adding that the Marines T-shirt does not violate the dress code of the school.

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“We also take school safety very earnestly and it needs to be recognized that is a topic that we also take very seriously and support our students and staff in providing a safe environment to learn, teach and work in on a daily basis,” it continues.
Genoa-Kingston Superintendent Joe Burgess described the incident to Fox.
“Nobody took the next step of asking the principal or making them aware of it,” Burgess said. “The teacher is obviously allowed to question anything they feel might be a violation of dress code, but again, had an administrator been allowed to respond, this could have been taken care of yesterday.”
Some Facebook users were stunned by the school’s decision.
“‘Teaching’ children that inanimate objects are responsible for human action is yet another example of government school indoctrination,” reads one. “When did such crude materialism become the national religion? In the bad old days high schools used to have gun clubs on campus.”

I swear, some people are so friggin paranoid and have nothing better to do, than to assume that because this kid is wearing a shirt that represents the Marines, that he's some nutjob. Gee, did anyone ever stop to think that maybe this kid had/has a family member that is serving with the Marines? Perhaps when he's old enough, his dream is to join. No, couldn't possibly be any of those things. No, this kid must have some fastasy with killing, and guns, and.......

 

[CanuckMA]

But it had rifles on it. Could have been used as a weapon.:uhohh:

 

[Cyriacus]

No, this kid must have some fastasy with killing, and guns, and.......

And obviously, everyone who thinks about violence is actually going to do it!

 

[sfs982000]

It's crap like that that really makes me consider home schooling my boys.

 

[pgsmith]

Well, it would have been OK you know, except that they were assault rifles!

 

[sfs982000]

Well, it would have been OK you know, except that they were assault rifles!

Let's not forget they probably had the high capacity magazines as well

 

[Steve]

My kids wear the Marine Corps symbol to school every day. It's on their Marine Corps JROTC uniform and also prominently displayed on their JROTC hoodies and t-shirts.

 

[rlobrecht]

My sons school has the closest thing to a uniform you can get, without being a uniform. Solid color polo, no logo. Pants or shorts in a specified list of colors. Friday is spirit day, and must be a shirt from his school, or one of the local high schools. This really cuts down on the decision making for my wife and son in the morning, and the need for teachers to make the kind of judgement call in the original post.

That said, the teacher was stupid for making the decision. Yes, the dress code probably says no guns, and that's what they went with, but making that decision was a mistake on their part, but hopefully one that doesn't cost the school or teacher too much pain in the future.

Rick


Rick