A Texas school district, facing backlash after one of its middle schools banned black clothes, has said the dress code change was “prematurely communicated”.
Charles Middle School, part of the El Paso Independent School District, cited student mental health concerns when it announced its new dress code’s ban of black outfits.
But the school district said in a statement on Wednesday evening that Charles Middle School had adopted the “proposed modifications” without district sign off.
Local media reported that Charles Middle School Principal Nick DeSantis shared the policy with parents earlier this week, noting that students wearing “black tops and black bottoms” had “taken over”.
The “look”, he wrote, “has become more associated with depression and mental health issues and/or criminality than with happy and health kids ready to learn”.
Many parents and community members shared their scepticism about the connection between clothing colour and mental health.
So instead of addressing why the “depressed” kids are wearing black we can just prevent them from wearing the color. Problem solved!
If everyone wears bright neon clothes then nobody will be depressed! Remember how the disco 70s and the radical 90s eradicated depression?
I don’t know how anyone can be depressed wearing Hypercolor and Skidz!
If there’s a more “Texas” (read: “Republican”) way of “solving” anything, I can’t think of it!
Put on a white tshirt and bam! You’re happy!
Rips a leaf off
“I pulled the weed out!”