Mother launches petition over new dress code at Montreal school
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A Montreal mother has started a petition against a new ban on skorts at her daughter's school. The change to the dress code at LaurenHill Academy in the Saint Laurent borough was announced during the first week of classes.
A Montreal mother has started a petition against a new ban on skorts at her daughter's school.
The change to the dress code at LaurenHill Academy in the Saint Laurent borough was announced during the first week of classes.
"There was a general assembly advising all girl students, primarily, that the skirt will now become a seasonal attire," said mother Kristina Kovacevic.
The new rule for school uniforms forbids students from wearing skorts--skirts with shorts attached underneath--from October 31 to April 1.
The school's governing board, primarily made up of parents, approved the new dress code.
Kovacevic says the change was made "on the basis that they are fed up of controlling and monitoring and disciplining girls that are rolling up the skirts."
But a spokesperson for the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) has a different explanation.
