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School loses $95,000 over dress-code
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by cynthia yoo | December 17, 2007 at 10:03 am
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Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such wonderful things after agreeing to pay $95,000 in lawyers' fees to five families who sued the school over its dress code.
The parents went to court after a student was disciplined for wearing socks with the "Winnie the Pooh" cartoon character Tigger on the first day of school last year.
The district's superintendent said Thursday that the settlement money is for the plaintiffs' lawyers; the district is also on the hook to pay the lawyers it hired.
The settlement also says Redwood Middle School may no longer require students to wear only solid-color clothing.
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at 14:21 on December 17th, 2007
This is totally rediculous on the schools part. I love my socks!
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at 14:29 on December 17th, 2007
hey~~I love your socks too! Thanks for the photo
at 15:06 on December 17th, 2007
I wonder if it really was a dress code issue or if said school was simply prejudicial against Pooh. Maybe Piglet socks wouldn't have garnered the same response. Poohists!
at 15:53 on December 17th, 2007
This is my first cousin once removed, Dylan. My cousin Laura took this photo of her youngest on Halloween night, 2007.
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at 16:10 on December 17th, 2007
Adorable~~thank you!
at 04:39 on December 18th, 2007
what happened to those teachers who punished a child for wearing tigger socks - when did they lose the magic in their souls?
Josie UK
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at 23:04 on December 18th, 2007
Tigger is one of my son's favorite characters in his fantasy-play world. I think inhibiting such innocent behaviors really keeps children from developing their unique personalities.
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