A high school principal in Minnetonka, Minn., has declared leggings a distraction and discouraged girls from wearing them at school. Dave Adney sent an email to parents last week [2]requesting that students at Minnetonka High School “keep things covered up.” He says the girls used to wear longer shirts, but the shirts have gotten shorter, and this is a problem.
Carolyn Miller has seen worse. As a middle school English teacher in Rogers, Ark., she finds low-cut tops and lower-cut jeans revealing rear cleavage or “whale tail” much more distracting.
“I think leggings and jeggings are perfectly acceptable if worn in a way that covers the student's rear end,” she says.
Leggings as pants: "Cover your butts," one principal tells girls [3]
What do you think? Would you allow your child to wear leggings/jeggings to school? Do you think they are inappropriate attire for school or is this much ado about nothing?
