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US: School suspends four 8th-grade girls because they wore identical outfits on the same day
MARION, Ind. -- A school recently suspended four eighth-grade girls because they wore identical outfits on the same day, some of the girls and their parents said.
Two of the girls, Dacia Small and Mindy Ellis, said McCulloch Middle School officials incorrectly branded them as gang members because of the outfits. The four received a five-day suspension after Principal Michael Shaffer saw their clothes, Small and Ellis said.
"One of the girls asked him what was the matter with it. Then he started yelling at all everybody and took us to the office and suspended us," Small told Indianapolis TV station WRTV.
Shaffer said the girls were suspended because they violated school rules, but he declined to say which rules they broke.
"I can't really address specifically a student discipline issue in regard to a particular student," Shaffer said. "I will tell you that we have a code of conduct here at McCulloch Middle School that we expect all of our students to measure up to. We're talking about a violation of that code of conduct."
The girls, whose suspensions end Tuesday, are in an after-school dance group together, but not a gang, Small said.
"We dressed alike because we are just friends," Small said.
Small's mother, Regina Barnett, said she isn't happy with Shaffer's decision. She said she thought the suspension had to do with the girls being black. Shaffer is white.
"I told him I think it's a racial thing," Barnett said. "He said he didn't appreciate me saying that because he has black friends and this and that," Barnett said.
Barnett said she is worried that the gang allegation would be on her daughter's school record.
"I don't want it on her record that she got kicked out for a gang," Barnett said. "She's not in a gang. I'm not going to let that get stuck on her record."
Barnett said she hoped to talk to the school district's superintendent about the issue.
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Posted in: News on September 29, 2006 @ 12:00 AM
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This is a load of crap. I seem to recall another man, similar to him, who had "black friends." And he didn't even which rules they had broken.
Talking to school officials is useless. The only language they understand is the threat of a lawsuit.
when i was in 1st grade we had a twin day thing. tons of people did it but now innocent people get suspended for looking the same. WTF
THATS BULL CRAP! it was an accident! HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT CLOTHES THEIR WEARING!?
Well they probably planned out to wear similar clothes but does it really matter? As long as they're not breaking things, picking on others, blatantly disregarding rules, what's the freaking problem? School officials these days are complete idiots. They tighten the rules around kids under the impression that it will make it better, not realizing that tighter rules will just want to make the kids behave worse. And these so called officials are probably just under guidance by their bosses and supervisors. Mindless drones will do whatever their bosses say, even if it is making kids suffer. And unfortunately there are some of the sick ones out there that are racist, or power abusive and just have to insert the word s"Zero tolerance" and "conduct policy" and viola! They're off the hook and the kids are being punished unfairly. Fucking idiots. And I know this is going to sound weird but what the hell is even wrong with looking like a "gang" as long as they don't have bad behavior?