Irresponsible parents should be blamed for allowing the kids to carry cell phones, etc. to school.

We have had hoodies banned from my kids middle school for the last few years. Not because of earphones or texting....because they are associated with the gangs. The same thing with certain colors the kids are not allowed to wear. They also have a dress code and there are certain colors they are not allowed to wear because of their gang affiliation. The clothing they sell with the school logos on them are not hoodies and they sell just fine. I am all for it. Most kids wear hoodies to cop a certain attitude anyway so it doesn't bother me.

Replying to: SCZAR....where do your kids go to school???? Maybe you should consider moving for their safety

A lot of schools ban hoodies for safety reasons as well. Students will get into fights with their hoods on and the security cameras are unable to identify the attackers. Good thing this wasn't the case in the recent Chicago beating.

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Its the parents duty to make sure their kids arent texting during school. If its proving to be a bad habit and taking a toll on the kids grades, then parents should check their own childrens phone bill to see if they are texting in class and punish them accordingly, or, here's a revolutionary idea, turn their texting off! No kid NEEDS texting, they may need to call, but texting, c'mon.

i am a senior in high school and truthfully no one really cares if you text or not. Like at my high school the teens text with or with out the teacher being there. yes we do have the ban on cell phones but if you really think about it in a few years kids most likely will need to have a cell phone to come to class with. So the whole ban on hoodies at the school they said is stupid! the kids will text even if it means doing so in there pockets(believe me it can be done) and this is really hurting the school in the end if kids want a school spirt hoodie, cause why buy a hoodie that helps your school out if you can never wear it when you want too?

i agree, if kids want to text, they will do it with or without a hoodie, im a high school student and we arent allowed to have cell phones but i still text without a hoodie anyways,

It doesn’t appear to me that students over the years have changed. The world is more crowded than it was when I went to school and society is certainly more multicultural which I believe is a good thing. Corporations don’t allow cell phone use in meetings, hospitals have rules forbidding it in specific areas and in most cases, it is considered rude to use a cell phone in restaurants and other public places. Why should anyone center in on students?

When more humanities were taught in schools, students were introduced to culture through art and music.
We didn’t have so many instances of latch key kids and parents were more involved in the lives of their children. When a student is caught texting, the teacher should confiscate the phone and have the parent pick it up. Stressing proper apparel in business and school should be the issue. A hoodie is only a different type of sweater. Bandanas are not part of clothing for serious people young or old. If the adults would stress education and make it a priority in words and deeds, the issue may dissolve. There have always been gangs and uncouth people; deal with the real issue, not the perceived symptom. Gangs know who they are, with or without specific clothing.

I was going to say the same thing hoodie's have been banned in Wareham, MA for years

That doesn't surprise me that Massachusetts has banned hoodies. I've been scratching my head for a long time wondering why the people of Massachusetts vote the way they do. Kenney, Kerry and Frank? Good grief. Check out your water supply people.

Marie, GREAT comment!

It's TRUE!! What is UP with that freakin' state!? They're nucking futs, for sure! I believe they are simply politically "blind" and have always lived under that poisoned aura of the Kennedy name as well as that Camelot crap? Who knows!

idk what school youre talking about because i live in nyc and i never heard of that. And even if it is true, do you think NYC kids care?? not really

not all hoodies portray a negative attitude i mean the really cute ones from beaches, areo,a&f, and hollister dont and thats what most kids wear

"the obvious reason "hoodies" is that they convey a negative, even violent, image in a school setting, just as they do on the street."

Really? I thought the message they conveyed is, "I'm cold, so I'm wearing this sweatshirt to keep warm. And it has a hood in case my head and ears get cold."

We place WAY too much stock in what gangs and hoodlums do. It's about time we start standing up to them, rather than letting them run our lives.

That is the reason they've been banned from my kids school. The Principle said it's because they don't want the kids to be mistakenly or purposely identified as any type of "gang member". They say they can wear them "to" school, but once they get inside, the hoodies must come off. This school is Pre-K to 5th grade. Good kids, from good families. Surrounding area going to crappola though...so parents who care a lot drop their kids off an dpick them up unless they have older siblings to do it for them.