The following comes from an April 6 Fresno Bee article by Mackenzie Mays:
After months of debate, the Clovis Unified school board on Wednesday reluctantly approved a dress code that is gender-neutral.
The new policy removes decades-old restrictions that prevented boys in the district from wearing long hair and earrings, and instead applies a single standard for all students, regardless of gender.
Wednesday’s vote came after the board faced criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union in January for refusing to drop the gender-specific language, despite concerns that the policy violated state laws protecting gender expression.
Some students have protested the dress code: In February, boys wore dresses to class to defy gender norms they say are perpetuated by the policy.
But trustees say the strict dress code – which also bans beards, camouflage and professional sports logos – is related to the district’s high achievement.
Josh Fulfer, who grew up in the Clovis Unified system and has children in the district, agrees, saying the majority of students are being hurt out of concern for select students.
“You’ve got 5-6 percent that scream … but what about the majority? What are you going to do for them when they feel offended in class when they’re distracted because of what someone’s wearing? What about my kids?” he said.
Clovis Unified parent Erica Ireland, though, commended the board for making the changes and said the policy of the past was dangerous for students.
“Gender is one of those first social categories children become aware of. My son has Thomas the train on the brain – but when he’s not playing with that, he has an interest in My Little Ponies,” she said. “This gender stereotyping needs to stop.”
i think the range of ‘identities’ that will need to be ‘expressed is only just beginning in our identity-weak culture. e there will be those coming forth who will make a strong case for their discovery as an alien or a reincarnated egyptian of high rank. it will take off more slowly since there are, for the moment, no national institutions are waiting for new members to ‘self-discover’. the weakness of weak identity is such that it needs numbers to feel safe and real. ‘our name is legion’.
and when enough aliens or ancient royals demand the school board accept their clothing choices and appearance transformation, the aclu will back them and school boards will back down and be asked to receive the gifts of the inidgo children.
This is total lunacy! Unfair to the kids! Such “politically-correct” baloney, does not belong in a school! Kids will be high achievers, when they grow up with maturity expected of them, in dress, manners, speech, morality, and good study habits!
What, exactly, makes this article of relevance to California Catholics? It’s in Clovis, so I get the California part, but where exactly does a gender neutral dress code address anything Catholic? Don’t make me breakout George Washington’s wigs, African earrings, or Cardinal Burke’s lace!
Cardinal Burke’s lace – please, YFC.
The relevance YFC is that its shows what your ilk is promoting and how it must be hunted and defeated
Can’t help but wonder what the parents of these kids are tolerating and or teaching at home.
Thank the Lord I teach in a Catholic school. The worst dress code problem I have with my boys is not wearing belts!
yfc,, catholics believe that gender differentiation reflects the divine will of the Creator. jesus the Son was sent within a gender-specific identity and did not incarnate as a gender-neutral person. the Mother of God also came among us with gender specificty as a woman, She and her Son sancitified this distinction. the male-female interaction and distinction is believed to reflect the mystery of the Trinity. the blurring of these design lines in human experience will make perception of this more difficult. the givenness of this and its intuition is called ‘natural law’, open to human conscience without revelation. to know that this is from God is a gift of faith. to keep this faith…
to keep this faith , this awareness of the truth alive is a catholic issue and a humanity issue. almost all of catholicism is about the way of truth for man on earth. where he is tested and asked to choose the will of God or his own will. the Divine Will has marked our world and set order. when yoyu pray ‘thy will be done’, what do you think the will of the Most High is about all this?
when Jesus commanded the apostles ‘go, teach all nations’, he let them know that there is no sphere that is not under the authority of the divine design and the divine will, emanating from the very heart of Love.
ACLU = American Communists Lawyers Union bent on destroying American Society and what little morals and values we have as we know it. They represent Satan.
The ACLU is UN-AMERICAN, a dangerous, diabolic, destructive, and SUBVERSIVE organization— and should be KICKED OUT OF THIS COUNTRY!!
Here we go again attacking Cardinal Burke and traditional Roman vestments, really your going to equate Roman lace with this garbage, you see folks this is what the TLM and Tradition are up against constant mocking of the Holy Faith while Novus Ordo shenanigans with drums, guitars, dancing girls, felt banners, lay lectors, altar girls, communion in the hand while standing, rock, mariachi music, continues at full speed ahead!
for those who know their geography. Clear proof of the brain-damaging properties of agricultural pesticide spraying.