Students and parents rally against new bare midriff ban at Ramona High School
Ramona High School students and parents gathered Friday morning before school to protest a ban on bare midriffs that has been added to the 2023-24 school year’s dress code.
Students and parents, some wearing clothes that would now be in violation of the dress code, held signs stating, “does my stomach distract you from reading this poster?” “stop sexualizing our daughters for wearing today’s fashion,” and “sorry, are my shoulders distracting.”
Student Emma Kneeshaw said a Ramona High staff member stationed outside the bathroom has been asking the girls to raise their arms before they go inside to see if their shirts come up.
When a student is in violation of the dress code, they are told to put on different clothes, Kneeshaw said. If no alternative clothing or jacket is available, the girls are given a shirt that says “Escape the Vape.”
The school ran out of “Escape the Vape” shirts on Thursday, said student Makayla Smith, and students who had nothing else to wear were sent home to change their clothes.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ramona-sentinel/news/story/2023-08-25/protestors-gather-outside-ramona-high-over-student-dress-code
Maybe I'm just getting too old, but IMO bare midriffs are inappropriate in high school classes. Seems like an overzealous way to determine if a female's top is too short, though; it doesn't take a degree in Rocket Science to spot a bare midriff.
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When "I" was in school, girls couldn't wear skirts above their knees and I was sent to the office more than once for having my shirt tail out of my pants. 
And this was a LONG time ago, it didn't take a bare midriff or shoulder to get me distracted. Pretty much any remote shape, even under a parka, could cause me to have to carry my books in front of me.
