Kindergartner banned from wearing University of Michigan shirt?
No wonder the government schools produce children that can't read or write. They have more important things to do!!!!
Oklahoma kindergartner Cooper Barton banned from wearing University of Michigan shirt?
Last week the principal at Wilson Elementary in Oklahoma City elementary school made 5-year-old Cooper Barton turn his University of Michigan shirt inside-out, according to a Tuesday report.
News 9 in Oklahoma City reports the boy's mother is now demanding the school change their dress code.
She says the school told Cooper he could only wear gear from Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or another in-state school.
In fact, it's the dress code for the entire Oklahoma City Public School System.
Five-year-old Michigan Wolverines fan punished for wearing 'Big House'
SourceFive-year-old Michigan Wolverines fan punished for wearing 'Big House' shirt at Oklahoma City elementary school
Published: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 3:10 PM
Philip Zaroo | pzaroo@mlive.com By Philip Zaroo | pzaroo@mlive.com
Five-year-old Michigan Wolverines fan Cooper Barton was asked to turn his "Big House" t-shirt inside out by the principal at his Oklahoma City elementary school.
The OK state is saying "no way" to the mitten.
A five-year-old Oklahoma City boy was told by his principal at Wilson Elementary School to turn his University of Michigan t-shirt inside out.
The shirt violated Oklahoma City Public School dress code, which prohibits students from wearing apparel from any college school other than those located in Oklahoma.
Lest any Wolverines fans take it personally, the rule actually goes further and bans professional sports team apparel as well – even clothing from the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.
School officials, with the help of an Anti-Gang Task Force, created the rule in 2005 in order to combat gang problems.
But Shannon Barton, an avid Michigan Wolverines fan, says her son Cooper wasn't harming anyone, nor disrupting class with his "The Big House" t-shirt. And he's certainly no gang member.
"They should really worry about academics," she told News 9. "It wasn't offensive. He's five."
After hearing the complaint, Superintendent Karl Springer agreed to review the rule, which some see as overreaching.
"This has presented an opportunity to review the current OKCPS District Dress Code Policy that has been in place since 2005," he said in a statement. "It states that clothing bearing names or emblems of all professional and collegiate athletic teams (with the exception of Oklahoma colleges and universities) are prohibited. In cooperation with the Oklahoma City Police Department Gang Task Force, the policy was approved in 2005 after concerns that nationwide gangs used popular sports clothing to represent individual gangs. As when any policy is questioned; OKCPS administration will review the policy to determine if changes need to be made."
Do you think this rule goes too far? And have you ever been a victim of "sports discrimination"?
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High school valedictorian denied diploma over graduation speech
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News
The Lookout – Mon, Aug 20, 2012
An Oklahoma high school valedictorian who used the word "hell" in her graduation speech in May has yet to receive her diploma.
Kaitlin Nootbaar graduated from Prague High School with a 4.0 grade point average, her father, David Nootbaar, told KFOR-TV. But school administrators told him that Kaitlin would have to submit a written apology in order to get her diploma.
"We went to the office and asked for the diploma and the principal said, 'Your diploma is right here but you're not getting it. Close the door, we have a problem,'" David Nootbaar told the network.
"She worked so hard to stay at the top of her class," he said. "This is not right."
In her speech—inspired by a similar address in "Eclipse: The Twilight Saga"—Kaitlin recounted how annoying it is to be constantly asked what she wants to do as graduation approached. "How the hell do I know?" she said, according to her father. "I've changed my mind so many times."
In the version she submitted to the school for approval, "hell" was "heck." But in the version she delivered at graduation, "hell" it was.
The school declined to comment. "This matter is confidential and we cannot publicly say anything about it," Prague schools Superintendent Rick Martin said in a statement to KFOR.
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High school valedictorian denied diploma over graduation speech
Again it seems like our "government schools" or "public schools" as the government
bureaucrats like to call them have a lot more things to do then educated our students.