I have been working on the site a lot lately and failing to post a lot of good ed. law stories that folks have been sending me. So, I wanted to get these two up concerning dress codes, both of which Scott McLeod sent over.

(1) A school district is forcing students who break the dress code to wear a prison-style jumpsuit as punishment. Um, how many days until the entire school breaks the dress code on the same day to make a "this school is a prison" type statement? First, second day of school? If you are wondering, the jumpsuits look sort of like the one O.J. is modeling for us. 

(2)  On the other hand ... a school in California is being sued because they did not have enough regulation of the dress code. A student who was allowed to wear makeup and feminine clothing was shot and killed at the school and now the family is suing because the school allowed the boy to dress so differently which may have contributed to the violent act against him.

Seems like there is an acceptable middle ground, but maybe it is just me? 

UPDATE: Well, I didn't even get to bed and I found one more. A student in Missouri who dyed her hair pink in honor of her father that died of cancer is suspended until she changes it. This is a closer call, but if you watch the video below, its not that pink. Anyway, must be the season for dress code issues.