Friday, June 03, 2005
Focus groups in hoods
Maesteg Comprehensive School in my region has announced that they are to ban hooded tops in a crackdown on badly-behaved pupils who use them to hide their faces.
In a newsletter sent to parents, Maesteg head teacher Anne Carhart thanked parents for their support in a recent "clampdown" on uniforms.
But she added : "We are particularly concerned as hooded tops are reappearing and the hood is being used to hide pupils' identity during unacceptable behaviour.
Pupils will not be allowed to wear 'hoodies' when they return. "All hooded tops will be confiscated and only returned at the end of each half-term."
The decision seems reasonably sensible, after all the school has a uniform and a dress code and it is within its rights to enforce it. The media has immediately linked the ban to a similar one at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, where the issues are not so clear cut.
Of course, if this clampdown on hooded clothing starts to spread and even wins public support, we know what will happen. Labour's focus groups will start identifying them as an issue and before we know it there will be a Bill winging its way through Parliament outlawing them.
In a newsletter sent to parents, Maesteg head teacher Anne Carhart thanked parents for their support in a recent "clampdown" on uniforms.
But she added : "We are particularly concerned as hooded tops are reappearing and the hood is being used to hide pupils' identity during unacceptable behaviour.
Pupils will not be allowed to wear 'hoodies' when they return. "All hooded tops will be confiscated and only returned at the end of each half-term."
The decision seems reasonably sensible, after all the school has a uniform and a dress code and it is within its rights to enforce it. The media has immediately linked the ban to a similar one at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, where the issues are not so clear cut.
Of course, if this clampdown on hooded clothing starts to spread and even wins public support, we know what will happen. Labour's focus groups will start identifying them as an issue and before we know it there will be a Bill winging its way through Parliament outlawing them.
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the more inventive students might start to wear anoraks now, at least the school isnt blaming the behaviour of the pupils on their attire. but one cant help but think if there is a uniform policy its going to be easier to spot the child thats caused trouble if they're the only ones wearing a hoody - you dont have to see their face the majority of hoodies are different.
even though i have said that i am fully behind schools enforcing their rules.
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even though i have said that i am fully behind schools enforcing their rules.
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