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Originally Posted by Marie
Well many high schools do have rules that say that students must wear 'loose fitting' clothing. Even in my HS, where we didn't have that particular rule, the teachers/administrators had the discretion to send students home if their clothing was just generally inappropriate. For instance, a girl who is almost 6' tall wearing 'booty shorts' may be told to change while a girl who is 5'2'' wearing shorts the same length might not; simply b/c the tall girl is showing a lot more leg/has a lot more leg to show, and may look 'sexier/more inappropriate' to the decision makers. Or a big breasted girl might be asked to change her top while a small breasted may not b/c even if they are the same...they look different. I don't think that this is uncommon.
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This was the 1980's. Loose fitting clothing didn't exist.
We actually had quite a bit of contention because one of the teachers' daughters would show up in quite slutty clothing and never was reprimanded, while other girls in miniskirts were sent home to change. You can't say it's OK for this person and not for that one...it has to be across the board. If you don't want the 300 pounder showing up in shorts and a tank top, you need to ban them period, not say "if you're skinny and cute you can wear them." That's setting the school up for immense amounts of bad publicity and a discrimination lawsuit.