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On Wednesday, March 14 at 7:00 pm the ACLU of Pennsylvania is sponsoring a public discussion on uniforms in Scranton area public schools.
Joseph Sullivan Esq., Counsel, Litigation Department at Schnader Harrison Segal&Lewis and Stefan Presser Esq., Legal Director for the ACLU of Pennsylvania will be available to answer questions and address concerns about school uniforms in public schools. The event is FREE and open to the public. ACLU members and non-members are welcome.
Governor Ridge needs to know how PA schoolchildren feel about the uniforms he has put on them. Please e-mail him at governor@state.pa.us
If you would like to see the resluts of the november mock election at the Lakeland High School, or anyother school in PA for that matter, then go to: PA Power. Click on PA Election 2000 {located in the lower right hand corner of the screen}, then on 200 PA Student Mock Election, then View Official Results. Finally, choose schoolname from the pulldown list and click go. One of the questions was about uniforms and the results werer YES:103 and NO: 640!
Although many of you came to the 12/6 board meeting and voiced your anti-uniform opinions the board went ahead and voted to move it to the High School anyway.
For those of you wondering what the exact wording of the motion the board approved on 12/6 here it is: It is recommended that a uniform dress policy be adopted for the Lakeland Jr.-Sr. High School with the 2001-2002 school year. It is also recommended that a committee of students, faculty, parents and community members be formed to develop such Policy, with final determination to be made by the Lakeland School Board.? Per the business manager, it is likely that from the list of volunteers made at the meeting, the board will pick 2 parents, 2 students, and 2 board members to meet and select what the uniform will look like. They will then say they had input from parents and students just like they did at the elementary.
The question we all may ask ourselves is the one the board refused to answer numberous times that night- Why? Why would a schoolboard take this action against parents wishes for no reason? Why?
Students let your Student Council Representatives know how you feel about uniforms!
