T-Shirts Cause School Controversy
COLLIER COUNTY: Administrators at one Collier County high school are banning T-shirts that were worn by seniors and even a few of the teachers. Students are upset with the decision because they believe the shirts brought students closer together.
Officials with the Collier County School Board say the T-shirts that have a picture of a frothy mug on the back are simply inappropriate. In fact, board members believed the shirts to be so bad, Gulf Coast High School students that were wearing them at school had to take them off, turn them inside out, or cover them up.
Gulf Coast High School is the home of the Sharks. Students say that administrators attacked their shirts with the same ferocity that a shark would attack its prey.
"I hear the announcement everybody wearing the shirt go to I.S.S. and I laughed. I thought, this is going to be bad," said Gulf Coast student Patrick Steyer. "Everybody was arguing that we should be able to wear the shirts because there is nothing wrong with them."
On the front of the shirt it says, "GCHS 2007 Seniors." On the back it says, "We’re busting outta this mug." The phrase is coupled with the picture of the frothy mug.
The problem is that many people interpret the mug to be a mug full of beer. The students had words printed underneath the mug that they thought would clear up any misconceptions. But that was not the case.
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