Girls in Western Australia Gain Right to Wear Pants and Shorts to School
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Girls in Western Australia Gain Right to Wear Pants and Shorts to School
In New South Wales, for example, the department states
that rules should accommodate the "diverse nature of the student population in the school and not disadvantage any student." In Queensland, the uniform must be "gender neutral." Because of the ambiguity in language, Dr. Mergler said, schools can claim they are complying with the code by simply providing boys and girls uniforms.
Mergler said that Certainly in private schools, there’s an element of longstanding traditions and parents sometimes thinking, ‘I went to
that school and I wore that dress, and I want my daughter to wear that dress,’
So far, about 70 percent of public high schools and all private high schools in Brisbane, Queensland, mandate wearing a skirt, said Amanda Mergler, a co-founder of the group,
but a handful of private schools allow exceptions in the winter.
11, 2017
SYDNEY, Australia — Girls at public schools across the state of Western Australia will be allowed to wear pants
and shorts to class, no longer restricted to only dresses, skirts or skorts.
"And the uniform is quite symbolic." When she first broached the idea of amending the dress code at her daughter’s
school, some parents defended skirts as a way to accustom girls to wearing dresses in the workplace.
" said Ms. Myhre, who is also a representative of Girls’ Uniform Agenda, a group
that campaigns for girls to have the option of wearing shorts and pants. that My daughter and her friends have been quite unhappy about it for some time,
In New South Wales, for example, the department states
that rules should accommodate the "diverse nature of the student population in the school and not disadvantage any student." In Queensland, the uniform must be "gender neutral." Because of the ambiguity in language, Dr. Mergler said, schools can claim they are complying with the code by simply providing boys and girls uniforms.
Mergler said that Certainly in private schools, there’s an element of longstanding traditions and parents sometimes thinking, ‘I went to
that school and I wore that dress, and I want my daughter to wear that dress,’
So far, about 70 percent of public high schools and all private high schools in Brisbane, Queensland, mandate wearing a skirt, said Amanda Mergler, a co-founder of the group,
but a handful of private schools allow exceptions in the winter.
11, 2017
SYDNEY, Australia — Girls at public schools across the state of Western Australia will be allowed to wear pants
and shorts to class, no longer restricted to only dresses, skirts or skorts.
"And the uniform is quite symbolic." When she first broached the idea of amending the dress code at her daughter’s
school, some parents defended skirts as a way to accustom girls to wearing dresses in the workplace.
" said Ms. Myhre, who is also a representative of Girls’ Uniform Agenda, a group
that campaigns for girls to have the option of wearing shorts and pants. that My daughter and her friends have been quite unhappy about it for some time,