That's the limit on the calculator they used to compute their averages. But in the end, the class decided simply to present the facts without a recommendation, teacher Louise Goode said. Across the county at Poca High School, students are making a recommendation. In a petition they expect to present to the board at its 7 p.m. meeting today, the students ask for reinstatement of a policy that simply states shorts must be worn at mid-thigh level. True, said Lewis, who is teaching Revolutionary War history and trying to link the underlying values to current issues.
Silence is consent.
The class got her message. By the end of last week, the students had sent their petition with siblings to Poca Middle School and with upper classmen to the Putnam County Technical Center in Eleanor. They collected about 400 signatures, Joseph reported on Sunday. The school board plans to start a review of the policy today. At both Poca and Hurricane, the students started their projects after school officials announced plans to enforce the new policy.