Trayvon, Cady Way killings prompted Lake school-uniform vote

[Baitball Blogger]

Longtime Lake County School Board member Kyleen Fischer said her support for mandatory uniforms for the district's roughly 40,0000 students was sparked by the recent violent deaths of high school students in the area.

Fischer, a longtime School Board member who originally opposed requiring uniforms, said the Trayvon Martin shooting case and recent slayings of two Winter Park High School students "preyed" on her mind in recent weeks. The events, along with feedback from principals, prompted her to raise the contentious topic Monday evening.

"The impact of everything that's happening near us and around us — it's just phenomenal," she said. "We want to keep our children safe."

Neither Martin nor the Winter Park High School students were on school grounds when the incidents happened, but Fischer said she wants students to be serious about education, human rights and their own preservation.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-16/features/os-lake-school-uniforms-decision-20120516_1_mandatory-uniforms-uniforms-districtwide-high-school-students

[hobbit709]

1. "Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat"

[Brickbat]

2. While I generally don't have a problem with school uniforms for a few reasons, "being serious about

education, human rights and ... preservation" is not one of them.

[Blue_Tires]

3. I don't get it...Even if they already had uniforms

Trayvon Martin still would still wear what he had on that night...

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Welcome to Central Florida where

this kind of self-serving logic is never questioned.

I'm surprised they didn't use it to push putting Jesus in the public schools.