-Caveat Lector-
How like America: The sins of the parents are taken out
--"preventively"-- on their children ... "Hey! / Leave those kids alone!"
Adults may try and resist "1984," but no matter -- the younger
generation is being raised --by the SAME folks, ironically-- to accept
Orwellian conditions as NORMAL..
Ark. Schools Try Uniform Experiment
By KRISTEN EVERETT
.c The Associated Press
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) - Keeping track of students in the Watson Chapel School
District is a snap this term: All their clothes are color-coded.
Elementary students are wearing khaki or blue slacks and white, blue or
burgundy polo-style shirts. High schoolers wear white, hunter green or
burgundy shirts.
Casey Mounts, a 5-year-old kindergartner at Edgewood Elementary, wore navy
shorts and a baby blue shirt - blue is her favorite color - when her mom
picked her up Monday.
``We had our doubts at first,'' Christie Mounts said. ``It sounded like it
was cutting down on individualism. Once they got them and tried them on they
looked really cute.''
Other schools could follow the district's lead. The Legislature has asked all
Arkansas public schools to look into whether uniforms would suit their needs.
Referenda would be put on school election ballots next year.
``The idea behind the law was mainly to get the school boards to deal with
the issue,'' said Kevin Smith, a state representative from Stuttgart. ``It's
gotten a lot of attention because of the shooting at Columbine and the
trenchcoats.''
Two students gunned down 12 schoolmates and a teacher before killing
themselves April 20 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. The gunmen
were said to be members of a group that wore dark trenchcoats.
The 3,500-student, five-school Watson Chapel district had hoped to reduce
school violence by relying on fences, teacher supervision and a city-provided
police officer.
Now, many think uniforms also can help: Parents say it's easier to dress
their kids, children say it eliminates competition and administrators hope it
leads to a more orderly setting.
Decked out in wrinkle-free khaki shorts and a tucked-in white polo shirt,
10-year-old Michael Dial said he felt comfortable - and anonymous.
``Everybody almost looks the same and people don't talk about you. I could go
to church in these,'' he said. Only hats, which are still allowed, set some
children apart.
The Arkansas School Boards Association is neutral on the colors.
``It's an issue of local control. It best works when it's thoughtfully
planned out by all parties involved - students, teachers, administrators, and
parents,'' said spokesman John Pennington.
Troy Lowe, principal of Jacksonville Middle School, said parents have been
supportive of the new policy, although some complain finding clothes in the
right color and size has been difficult.
District Superintendent Danny Knight said he talked with one mother who
outfitted her two children with three outfits each for a total of $200. Local
charities also have helped.
``We think it will cut down on any kind of status symbol,'' Lowe said, adding
that his middle schoolers ``seem to be a little quieter and maybe the
uniforms have helped.''
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