But we had excellent dialogue and debate, and they were able to navigate through all that to come up with something that fulfills the mission of the district and the community to provide an appropriate education. That is not to say there weren't plenty of lively exchanges at the meetings. But Koch said at no point did he feel the group was completely polarized. Minn. Her primary concern in joining the task force was to see that all constitutional guarantees were respected in the district's dress code policy. She is satisfied that the task force recommendations do that.
Clothing can rise to a level of protected speech.
They recommended to board members that these statements be incorporated into board policy. In the statements that pertain to safety issues, health risks, obscenity, harassment or hate speech, members reached consensus. There were one or two dissenters, however, when it came to prohibiting clothing associated with gang affiliation, drugs, alcohol and tobacco or violence. While not personally endorsing a specific type of dress, at least two members of the task force felt these statements went too far in dictating student dress. Chelsea Myers is an eighth-grader at Hudson Middle School.