Male Student Wins
Fight To Wear Skirt
by AP from 365Gay.com
from the Web, February 2, 2006
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ -- A
male high school student can wear a skirt to school after the American Civil
Liberties Union reached an agreement with school officials.
The ACLU announced the deal. It will allow the Hasbrouck Heights School
senior to wear a skirt to protest the school's no-shorts policy.
The district's dress code bans shorts between Oct. 1 and April 15, but allows
skirts, a policy 17-year-old Michael Coviello believes is discriminatory.
"I'm happy to be able to wear skirts again to bring attention to the fact that
the ban on shorts doesn't make sense," Coviello said in a statement.
The Hasbrouck Heights superintendent, Joseph C. Luongo, did not return telephone
messages left Tuesday seeking comment.
Coviello first wore a costume-style dress but high school officials told him to
go home and change. The district's superintendent then advised the
Coviello to purchase everyday dresses and skirts at a retail store, which
Coviello did, the ACLU said.
But after a few days, he was sent home with a note from his principal saying if
he wore a dress, kilt or skirt, he could no longer attend school.
This AP article was published by Canadian Press on January 26,
2006.
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