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Hundreds of Seagoville students suspended for wearing the wrong belt
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Hundreds of students at Seagoville High School were banned from classes Tuesday for dress code violations. Belt violations, to be exact. The dress code calls for students to wear a plain black or brown belt with a plain buckle. Anything that can be considered decoration is a strict violation of dress code. You have to wonder what is more distracting from a student's education: a belt bearing something that is considered "decoration" (oh, the horror), or suspending nearly half the student body?
Posted by Laura S.
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Pavel Lishin Verified
I'm sure the kids were just crushed to hear the news.
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Jason Rice Verified
Man!! In my day you practically had to call in a bomb threat to get that many people in the parking lots.
And let's all be honest. Brown and black is not much of an accessory palette to work with. After Labor Day, I can see a crackdown on pastels and jewel tones as warranted, but really, it's still officially Summer in Runway America.
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Pavel Lishin Verified
I think the real issue here is that they're trying to ban gigantic belt buckles. In Texas. Next they'll be telling the football players that they can't drive pick-ups to school, or that they have to take down their gun-rack.
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Jason Rice Verified
Egads!!! You may be right! That would be like asking cheerleaders to behave!! Is there end to the horror?
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
chrisdanger Anonymous
Seagoville is a cesspool of rednecks and trailer trash. Heaven forbid they make the hicks wear a nice belt, as most of em use rope to keep their pants up.
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Alex Bentley Staff
My, comments today have certainly leaned toward the hatred of outlying cities. Why do y'all hate the burbs/country so much?
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Jason Rice Verified
Fear of the unknown, Alex, explains most of history.
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OmegaWolf747 Anonymous
Suspending students for belts, making truants wear electronic tethers and making students who break dress code wear prison-style jumpsuits...
Are Texas schools really schools, or are they prisons?
If I were a student, I would drop out or home school.
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
John McClelland Verified
I wasn't allowed to have a book bag in high school because of so many weapons that came into the school. I didn't drop out because of it. I carried my books and got over it.
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zainypagan Anonymous
Maybe Seagoville is trying to teach the kids how to follow rules, even the ones they do not like. Or maybe learning a bit of reading comprehension. Apparently their parents have not done so if half the school had to go home from not paying attention to the school code.
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
momzilla Anonymous
Let's just go the full way and issue them gray pajamas and train them to greet each other as "komerade."
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Pavel Lishin Verified
I like it.
3 months, 1 week ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Jason Rice Verified
The ugly offshoot may be -- fewer belts.
Think Seagoville will enjoy a bunch of sagging pants instead
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momzilla Anonymous
Yeah. My experience relating to dress codes has been that the more restrictive the rules get, the more innovative the kids get about finding ways to be obnoxious yet not technically in violation.
I wonder if they have gotten to the point where they have had to make rules about striped toe socks.
I managed somehow to raise three children to adulthood who have a general respect for rules and the law, and are usually presentable in public. Basic rules: No hoochie wear. You don't leave the house with undergarments showing and everything between armpit and knee should be covered unless you're going to the beach. Wear shoes of some type.
Sheesh, I was at my daughter's college campus just today (with my checkbook, of course) and think that if they really have the aim of preparing these kids for college, they need to let them attend class in sweat or pajama pants and flip flops. The khaki pant and polo with plain belt is preparation for fast food jobs.
Then again, we're the type of parents who are supporting (and financing) her music major.
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