School To Put Students In 'Prison' Jumpsuits As Punishment

[The Straight Story]

School To Put Students In 'Prison' Jumpsuits As Punishment


GONZALES, Texas. -- A school in Texas will force students who don't follow the rules to wear prison-like jumpsuits in a controversial move this coming school year.

Gonzales High School has new navy blue jumpsuits that students will wear if they break the dress code.

Violators will be forced to wear the jumpsuit for the day, the report said.

Some parents said the jumpsuits will make students feel like prisoners but the district said it's just a way to keep the children dressed appropriately for school.

A school board official said it's "worth a try" because it's a way to keep the district's conservative values intact.

http://www.local6.com/spotlight/17035594/detail.html

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. The Schools "conservative values"...

Have nothing to do with education. They have everything to do with beating down the kids.

[Parche]

2. Constipated Conservatives= Whacked Out Zombies

:grr: :grr: :hi:

[aspergris]

3. is that better or worse than a dunce cap?

or those signs they make people wear at the mountain "I was skiing recklessly"

[ulysses]

4. probably in response to sagging.

[TomInTib]

13. That's my guess, too.

Gonzales is a very conservative town, and I would imagine there is a good bit of local outrage regarding these kids running around looking like that.

Hell, if they want to look and act like inmates, put them in the real deal.

I am so tired of seeing those punks.

And I don't allow guys wearing baggy-ass pants into my Gallery.

[ulysses]

15. I'm all for self-expression,

but one is only interested in seeing so much ass.

[gateley]

5. If I were a student, I'd wear the prison garb as a badge of honor. nt

[sandnsea]

11. You know they all will

They'll push it just to get into the jumpsuits, and then figure out some way to make the jumpsuits more revealing than what they had on to begin with.

[Cronus Protagonist]

14. I would just show up in my OWN!

After all, they can't say THAT violates the dress code!

[LanternWaste]

23. I imagine a lot of people do.

"I'd wear the prison garb as a badge of honor..."

I imagine a lot of people do. 'Prison chic' isn't confined only to the prisons anymore...

[Sequoia]

6. Wonder what the dress code is?

[Arkansas Granny]

21. You can find it here:

http://www.gonzales.txed.net//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=1

Some of the items seem a little strict such as:

" All shirts will have a collar and sleeves."
"No cargo pants allowed."

However, for the most part, it doesn't seem unreasonable.

[DebJ]

7. Ok, so if you can't get a kid in a uniform, how do you get them into

a jumpsuit? And what will be the penalty for not wearing the jumpsuit? My husband's school tried uniforms for two years or so, which should have been helpful to parents in the district, where 85% of the students qualify for free lunch. But the ultimate decision made was to cancel the uniforms because the students who didn't wear them just became one more discipline problem that didn't exist without the uniforms!

[Puzzler]

8. How about some water-boarding while they're at it?

.

[madeline_con]

9. The kids at our area school wear a shirt provided by the

Assistant Principal. They have "Mr. X shirt" written on them in Sharpie.

Everyone who sees them throuhgout the day knows they wore inappropriate clothing to school that day. I have NEVER heard a comment or teasing from fellow classmates when a kid is wearing one. They really don't seem to care or feel stigmatized. It saves the time it would take to call a parent, who really may not be able to leave work tyo bring the kid a shirt.

They may have a real problem at Gonzales with inappropriate clothing. I have an idea! Maybe the kids could cover up to go to school, making the jumpsuits unnecessary. :think:

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[Taverner]

10. Bloody Fascists

I always say, if someone wants to be an idiot, our job should be to point them to the rope.

[Jim__]

12. Gotta love it ...

"I talked to some of my friends about it and they said they are not going to obey the dress code just so they can wear the jumpsuit," high school student Jordan Meredith.

B-)

[crikkett]

17. let's hope the jumpsuits are laundered!

I predict about 20 days before the first outbreak of crabs or lice.

[izquierdista]

18. I was waiting for that

Kids are smart, smarter than conservative value school board officials. Soon it will become fashionable to have a blue jumpsuit, which will probably be unwearable after one use (weak thread used by the supplier to sew the arms and pockets, you know).

[readmoreoften]

16. How can a public school have "keeping conservative values intact" in their mission?

[madeline_con]

28. It might not be a political statement, but a nod to modest dress. n/t

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[freesqueeze]

19. we did that at a school i used to work at

it quickly became very fashionable.

[Fuzz]

20. I read the headline, thought Florida or Texas

and damn if I wasn't right.

[Ichingcarpenter]

26. Me too..... I think the students should all wear them like the Danes did

in support of the Jews in WWII

[otohara]

22. Up The Collar, Roll Up The Sleeves

roll up legs and make them into Capri's and viola and new school fashion craze.

[RedLetterRev]

24. One nation, under lockup,

with surveillance and conformity for all.

"Conservative values" my fruit-flavored arse. When you hear that buzz-phrase, you know there's depravity just boiling to be exposed. It's only a matter of time; never any different.

[LeftishBrit]

25. 'Way to keep the district's conservative values intact'?

Well, if they expect the kids to grow up to become Republican politicians, perhaps learning to wear prison jumpsuits IS a good training for their eventual future!

[Solly Mack]

27. See now, I'd go out and buy a blue jumpsuit and dress it up

then wear it every single day

[TexasObserver]

29. TBS will become the biggest gang in the school: The Blue Suits

Kids will buy their own suits to match, and in the end, the suits will become a symbol of resistance by kids.

Conservatives always assume that their punitive actions will not elicit responses which present them with new dilemmas. They always dream that their subjects won't vary their tactics for the new wrinkle.

[JeanGrey]

30. And they wonder why we homeschool!!!

[Iris]

31. Big deal. When I taught high school, the kids adopted prison-type outfits on their own.

[marmar]

32. What kind of batshit insanity is this?

Oh, Texas. 'Nuff said.