The American Civil Liberties Union has donated six belts to a high school who pulled a student out of class for not wearing one. But he said the punishment was so ridiculous the ACLU wanted to publicize it. The school dress code requires belts for skirts or pants with belt loops.
Violators can have someone bring a belt from home.
The office has 20 belts that it rents for a quarter, but it had run out of belts when Perry needed one. Perry's father worked too far away from school to help her out. Principal Wayne Warner was not at school Tuesday, a secretary said. Assistant principal Jack Serignea, who is in charge of school discipline, did not return a telephone call. The ACLU asked school officials to hand out its belts for free.