School district blackballs students

Keep an eye on the broken, corrupt school system of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, folks.

Recently, Woonsocket wanted to institute mandatory uniforms, but school officials discovered that this specifically violated state law. So they pressured right-wing lawmakers into changing the law.

Now that they've got the green light for this fascism, the school district is proving just what a bunch of control freaks they are.

In addition to threatening to file truancy charges against students who refuse to wear uniforms, the school district also plans on blackballing them from economic advancement. School officials issued a detailed policy report that says the school system will send letters of recommendation to potential employers for students who follow the new uniform requirement. Students who do not follow it will receive no such recommendation.

Is there any starker illustration of schools' totalitarian, controlling attitudes than this?