Dress Code For Meeting Royalty
ATLANTA -- A bent 5th brand apprentice is arduous Atlanta Accessible Schools to amend its 10-year-old dress cipher afterwards she said it is arbitrary for the action to alarm leggings "a distraction."
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Falyn Handley, 10, is a Springdale Park Elementary Academy 5th grader. She's done analysis and created a presentation for the academy lath in adjustment to atom change. She's alike started a address to get the dress cipher updated.
"Leggings are comfortable, affordable and popular. The accepted APS dress cipher does not acquiesce leggings because they are 'a distraction'," she wrote.
The address has already garnered added than 1,000 of its 1,500-signature goal.
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"Girls should not be pulled out of chic or ashamed for cutting leggings," which Handley said is happening.
"Boys and girls should be able to administer their 'distractions' and reactions," the 5th grader continued. "I am not a distraction, and me cutting leggings is not a distraction. The apple is abounding of distractions, but how you acknowledge to situations is YOUR problem."
["298.76"]11Alive's Natisha Lance will be speaking to Falyn Handley tonight on #TheLateFeed.
11Alive accomplished out to Atlanta Accessible Schools for a comment. A agent for the commune said they are acquainted of the address calling for the changes. According to a statement, the commune said they "have been alive with acceptance and added stakeholders" to alter the dress cipher so it works for students, parents, agents and administrators."
Monday night, the academy lath heard accessible animadversion on the debate. APS said it will booty the acknowledgment and analysis the proposed changes to the apprentice dress cipher at their Dec 6. meeting. If any changes were made, they would acceptable appear abutting year.
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"Board Members accept fabricated it a antecedence to amend the policy, which has not been afflicted in 10 years," the account said. "APS is committed to ensuring that the curve of advice abide accessible and the thoughts and opinions of acceptance abide to be heard and respected, on this affair and others."
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