At Urbana Middle School in Maryland, students who violate the dress code have to wear large yellow shirts, according to the Frederick News-Post. Now, one group of students is turning that rule on its head by wearing shirts with an anti-dress-code message.
They're big and yellow, like principal Peter Daddone allegedly requires, but in big letters on the front, they read "I AM MORE THAN A DISTRACTION."
When the students walked into the cafeteria in the shirts after violating the dress code, their peers cheered.
"They’re telling us it’s our responsibility to not be distracting, when it should be their responsibility," said eighth-grader Abby Carioti. The students object to the rule against spaghetti straps and miniskirts, as well as the policy of making them wear the shirts rather than addressing them privately.
District spokesman Michael Doerrer told the Frederick News-Post that the yellow shirts were not a punishment but just a way to cover up dress-code-violating outfits.
The district's instructional director of middle schools Tom Saunders also defended the policy. "I think the basis of the policy is keeping a safe, nurturing learning environment," he said.
Students at Linganore High School in the same district are also protesting their dress code. Senior Rachel Zuniga has been passing around a petition to change it.
"They’re teaching guys that it is OK for their wrongdoings against females because of our actions," she said. "It’s not our fault if boys misbehave."
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