School groupthink marches on with under 10% support

Sigh.

The school system of Chicopee, Massachusetts, thinks state laws don't apply to it. Massachusetts law says public schools may not "abridge the rights of students as to personal dress and appearance." But binding instructions (as Paul Bremer would call them) never seem to be a barrier to schools' actions. (Try getting a Kentucky school to obey IDEA.)

A survey of one Chicopee high school shows that mandatory uniforms have the support of a whopping 18.1%. At another high school in that town, uniforms are supported by...9.6%. Regarding uniforms at another school in the district, a student who sits on the school board's student advisory council said, "Pretty much no one wanted them."

Naturally, the school board is ignoring these surveys and is planning to charge right ahead with uniforms anyway. This after uniforms were rejected several years ago. They can't stand being wrong, can they?

The law is against the 9.6% crowd. Public opinion is against them too. And their idea was rejected before. But they still don't get it.

Their stubbornness isn't exactly constructive, is it?

(Source: http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-19/123969335233390.xml&coll=1)