{"id":5160,"date":"2015-07-04T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T14:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2015-07-04T15:50:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T14:50:03","slug":"uk-school-bans-distracting-short-skirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/uk-school-bans-distracting-short-skirts\/","title":{"rendered":"UK school bans “distracting” short skirts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UK<\/a>A headmistress at a British high school has banned short skirts to protect male teachers who were becoming \u201cdistracted\u201d by the girls\u2019 high hemlines.
\nDr Rowena Blencowe from Trentham High School in the UK took the drastic action after she became tired of reprimanding girls for showing too much leg and wearing skirts that \u201cbarely covered their bottoms\u201d.
\nAccording to the headmistress, male members of staff where also embarrassed by the skirts and telling female pupils to roll them down.The school even paid for new skirts for the rebellious girls – who consitently turned up to classes in \u201ctotally inappropriate\u201d uniform.
\nThe head teacher has now resolved the issue by banning skirts altogether and enforcing students to wear trousers as of next September.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been an increasing problem over the past two years, especially with the older pupils in Years 9, 10 and 11,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cGirls in year seven, and possibly year eight, tend to abide by the rules, but as they get older the skirts get shorter. Now it\u2019s just a constant nag. Girls are coming in with skirts that just cover their bottoms \u2013 it\u2019s totally inappropriate.
\n\u201cIf a skirt is too short, the student is warned and a length of time is agreed for the issue to be resolved, but girls are still coming in with consistently short skirts.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve tried calling parents, sending pupils home and we\u2019ve even had to buy some girls new skirts \u2013 which isn\u2019t something a school should have to do.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not pleasant for male members of staff and students either; the girls have to walk up stairs and sit down and it\u2019s a complete distraction”.
\nSchool governor Terry Follows added: \u201cThe governors are unanimously behind the head teacher on this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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