Harrison Swim Team T-Shirts Get Boot
By JOHN MARTIN
Courier & Press staff writer
Harrison High School officials on Friday put the kibosh on T-shirts that swim team members wore to honor a deceased teammate.
Katelyn Beck, 17, was killed in March in an SUV crash near Lafayette, Ind. Beck’s mother, who was driving, was injured.
Beck’s teammates on Harrison’s swim and dive team celebrated senior night activities on Thursday. The 20 or so boys and girls unveiled T-shirts for the occasion which read, "Kick Butt for Katelyn" on the back.
Students then wore them to school Friday.
Harrison Principal Janet Leistner said some teachers complained to her about the "Kick Butt" message on the shirts.
She met with the swimmers and ordered them to change.
Leistner said she told the team members that "I want to honor Katelyn any way we can," but she thought the words were inappropriate and did not adhere to Harrison’s dress code, which forbids offensive messages.
She said she advised the students to "put (the shirts) away, keep them and have them," but don’t wear them to school.
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