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The new rule at two schools in Kansas is "no hoodies."
Cellphones are banned in the Renwick School district. The ban appears not to be enough, however, so two schools in the area decided to bar students from wearing hooded sweatshirts. Why? Because kids can hide their cellphones in the front pockets, secretly texting their buds without even looking at the keyboard.
Here is a video report from Eyewitness News 12 in Kansas:
One student interviewed in the KWCH report said that she and her friends "could memorize our keyboards, because most of us have full keyboards." Leaving the phone on vibrate and keeping it hidden in the front pouch of a hoodie allowed them to communicate in secret. Pretty neat trick.
The two schools that have banned the offending outer garment are Andale Elementary and St. Mark's Charter School. Colwich Elementary allows sweatshirts with front pockets as long as they are sewn up.
If you think this sounds wacky, you're not alone. One parent told KWCH, "I think it's kind of stupid, but you've got to keep the distractions out of school." She has a first grader who does not own a cellphone, but he can't wear a hoodie, either.
Interestingly, this isn't a new idea. Lincoln Middle School in Meriden, Conn., banned hoodies back in 2007, but for a different reason. The school thought that kids would wear the hoods to hide headphones and listen to their tunes in class.
Maybe everyone should just listen to Kayleigh Clement, a sixth grader who told KWCH, "Kids shouldn't be that stupid to text during school."
Out of the mouths of babes...
What do you think? Are the Kansas schools over-reacting?
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ReaderComments (Page 5 of 12)
9-29-2009 @ 9:09AM
hvsparkie said...The parents are the problem, they allow these kids to have cell phones and don't teach them when not to use them. I think at the beginning of class all students should put the cell phones in a basket and get them at the end of each class. If they get caught with it it should be taken away until the end of the day and then returned.
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9-29-2009 @ 9:10AM
ANG said...GREAT IDEA , LET THESE THE LITTLE CRIMNALS SHOW THERE HEADS , SO U CAN IDENTIFY THEM , WHEN THEY DO STUPID MISCHIEF
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9-29-2009 @ 9:10AM
rob said...remeber when the schools said "no cell phone " well now we know why . dumb article was just a matter of time before it lead to this ....... i cant stand people who text it so anoying , just talk ...
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9-29-2009 @ 9:12AM
Zachary Thurman said...I think this rule is asinine. Being a high school student myself I might be biased but my opinion stands. Hooded sweatshirts are a fashion staple in any highschool's sea of students. Schools sell hoodies all the time. I text in school, ill admit it but im smart enough to know when not to. Kids aren't going to stop just because their school is dumb enough to ban hoodies.
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9-29-2009 @ 9:15AM
Kev said..."Hoodies" have for many years been the most popular outer wear top of punks, hoods, homies, and all the other sociopathic little scumbags and criminals all across America!! Why? It's simple , the
sleazeballs use them as "Masks" so that they can remain anonymous as they go about their normal days committing crimes and being miscreants in general. BRAVO...BRAVO to any school who puts civility and decorum first , and abetting criminals second by banning these "Hoodies".
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9-29-2009 @ 9:16AM
Paula said...ie hoodies.... and while you're at it... how about banning pants worn low enough to see one's underware. Totally disrespectful and disgusting!
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9-29-2009 @ 9:18AM
Keith said...The administrators at this school need to get in touch with technology. The people at my kids High School enforce a cell phone ban with jammers - cell phones there have been useless since 2003. Problem Solved.
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9-29-2009 @ 9:25AM
isisaquaria said...New phones work around jammers--and besides when the offices and other teachers from other campuses (elementary to middle, middle to high school) use the cell to contact --you can't jam.
9-29-2009 @ 10:27AM
Roger said...I had better NOT find out that a cell signal is jammed if my child needed to call me in a crisis.
9-29-2009 @ 9:55AM
Bob said...Maybe everyone should just listen to Kayleigh Clement, a sixth grader who told KWCH, "Kids shouldn't be that stupid to text during school."
Out of the mouths of babes...
Yes, but the kids are that stupid, meaning they have not been taught better yet. If my kids are too young to understand not to stick their tongue in a wall outlet then I plug the wall outlet. If kids don't know not to text while they are wearing their hoodies in class then you have to do something.
Also the thing I see is that kids wear hoodies so that people who don't know them can not identify them. They all look alike when they wear a loose fitting hoodie with the hood over their head. Even if they personalized their hoodies it would be a problem because they can switch hoodies among themselves and hide thier identy.
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9-29-2009 @ 9:19AM
Paula said...And while we're at it... can we ban pants worn so low that the croch is down to their knees and underware is expossed to their butts. Totally rediculous!
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9-29-2009 @ 9:24AM
Joe said...Stupid is, stupid are......and these people are educated teachers, etc. what a bunch of idiots..........
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9-29-2009 @ 9:24AM
me said...anybody notice that one child pictured texting had ZAP written on her hand?... that is a sexual game that kids play... maybe the school should address that issue also
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9-29-2009 @ 7:45PM
amy said...my school banned hoodies years ago because people with hoodies jumped a kd in the bathroom (closest suburb west of philly)...plus they werent part of our relaxed/school uniform thingy wehave
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9-29-2009 @ 9:33AM
Sue said...I do see that hoodies are a "gang thing" but the kids do not always wear them for this reason, they help keep head warm when they don't want to wear a coat as this is not "in". Also, regarding the cell phones, make them lock them in their lockers and if they are found in class using them they get punished, not by missing school, but staying after school or missing our on a school activity. I do believe the phones do make the kids not pay attention in school and some at age 10 years old have a phone already, some for not just texting, but also to keep in touch with family, Mom and other people .
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9-29-2009 @ 9:56AM
MP said..."You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."
Likewise, you can lead a student to school, but you can't make them learn. So, just maybe we now have a group now that can't even read this.
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9-29-2009 @ 9:35AM
Angiebaby said...Banning hoodies will not solve the problem. It will simply make the students come up with clever ideas to get away with it... which is basically what kids do. Let them wear hoodies. If students aren't paying attention in class, let the parents worry about it. When Junior comes home with lower grades, or goes to school everyday but has no idea what is going on in class, don't automatically assume the problem is the teacher, or the class size, or blah, blah, blah.
Your kid is not allowed to use a cell phone during school hours. When is the last time you checked your kid's cell phone to see what they are doing with it during school hours? You provide this privilege to your kids, it's your job to make sure they use it wisely.
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9-29-2009 @ 9:43AM
M.J. said...GOOD!!! Schools need to have a dress code and enforce it! Dress like a slob and you will act like a slob!! Kids dress way to casual and revealing at school these days. It is NOT a social get together, it is school. You are there to learn and act like ladies and gentlemen. Kids get away with way too much these days then the stupid parents wonder why the brats get into trouble and are failing school. Then the kids have no idea how to be responsible or RESPECTFUL when they attempt to get a job! They talk back to supervisors just like they did to teachers and their parents. Wake up parents, you are creating little monsters. Stop blaming the schools for your kids bad attitude, failing grades and lack of respect. You give them way too much freedom. Be the PARENT!!!! You are not their friend or buddy at that age.
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9-30-2009 @ 10:04AM
Cupcake said...You are such an ignorant bigot!!!!
You want to try and talk trash about the way someone raises their kids?!
You might not be your kid's best friend but my mom IS my best friend. And you know what? Because of that I can and do tell her everything.
If you were my mother I wouldn't tell you jack and shiznit.
You are a poor excuse for a parent. Grow up
9-29-2009 @ 9:44AM
jerri said...First off, what elementary student needs a cell phone??? That is just crazy! However, it's just plain sad the things that schools have to do or not be able to do to teach our children! It scares me to think what will be going on when my child goes to school! Oh, and by the way, enough of the postings about nude pictures here and how you lost weight and whatever else! If someone wants to see those things, they'll find it!!!
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