Girl, 11, wearing leggings pulled out of class because ‘boys can’t control themselves’

The mother of an 11-year-old girl pulled out of class for wearing leggings said she was told this was because ’13-year-old boys can’t control themselves around this type of dress’. Kimberly Jones said her daughter Bella wore patterned leggings and a jumper dress to Lansing Middle School in Kansas on August 24, and was sent to the school office for a ‘dress code violation’. The school’s community relations coordinator measured the dress and deemed it too short, and Bella was made to wear a borrowed pair of tracksuit bottoms. Kimberley said that the school’s policy only stated that ‘clothing that is revealing or is suggestive may not be worn’ and that she was told ‘the reason behind this is that 13-year-old boys can’t control themselves around this type of dress’. ‘Two different staff members told me that!’ she wrote on Facebook. On Thursday, the school posted a new dress code policy, in which leggings specifically were banned. Ms Jones has said, however, that she feels her daughter was isolated and shamed by Lansing Middle School staff. | Metro News via IFTTT

Tweet