News, Pr. George’s students punished for wearing pink, not uniforms, for Breast Cancer Month.

[43north87west]

Good move by the school. Rules are rules. I wonder if the kids stole the pink shirts? That should be OK too because it's for a good cause, right?

[MissNM]

Originally Posted by jtab4994

Nice of those kids to show support, but misguided. Also, why in the world was it a "security concern" for kids to wear pink?

It is a terrifying danger to be wearing gang associated colors. In this particular case, these kids might be tickled to death.

[Jaggy001]

I always think that these kinds of situations can be opportunities for schools to mix some learning into these situations. My daughter's school did a charity day after that terrible Tsunami some years back. But they didn't just raise money (in fact they raised quite a lot). They mixed in learning about Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, about the cause of Tsunamis, etc. etc. into the program for the day. It is an educational opportunity which can have a better chance of capturing the kid's attention than more conventional classes.

But, hey, rules are rules and much more important than serious public health issues and opportunities for learning.

[jtur88]

If breast cancer awareness takes a whole month, then they should conform to school dress codes and school should be business as usual. You can become as aware in a day as you can in a month.

[North Beach Person]

Just a note, the Pink Out Day was a school system initiative and the wearing of non-uniform shirts was part of that. I don't know the process that was followed for individual schools scheduling it. Mine had two days of it.