More Terrebonne Parish right-wing extremism

After I reported on the public schools in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, trying to implement forced prayer and ban foreign phrases from graduation speeches, someone gave me a link to a certain other right-wing policy of that particular school system. You can guess what it's going to be, don't you?

Just guess. Yep. The Big U.

The so-called public school system has required uniforms since 1999! And it's one of the stricter policies too. It applies in high school, middle school, grade school, and even kindergarten.

And listen to how assholey the school is about enforcing it. After 5 or 6 dress code violations (depending on the grade level), the rule is: "Student will not be allowed to return to school until it is established that he/she will adhere to grooming and dress regulations." Uh, school is compulsory, stupid. You can't keep someone out of school as long as school is required.

But that's where the real fix is in. The school district deals with this conflict of laws by declaring, "Repeated violations of this policy will result in appropriate action, including, but not limited to, referral to court for violation of the compulsory attendance laws."

They charge you with truancy for violating a fucking dumb dress code? If the school system wouldn't keep a student out of school for not wearing the uniform, the student would be in compliance with the attendance laws. School officials can't cry that someone is truant when it's the school system that's keeping them out of school. Duh!

Here's the school's right-wing policy:

http://www.tpsd.org/main/uniform.php

And yes, that school system uses corporal punishment too.