Texas middle school sparks outrage among parents for banning everyday clothing for puzzling reason

A Texas mediate schoolhouse has banned head-to-toe achromatic clothing arsenic students are poised to return to nan schoolroom successful nan coming days.

Leaders astatine nan El Paso schoolhouse declare they made nan determination because dressing successful each achromatic is associated pinch depression and intelligence health. 

However, parents are already pushing backmost and claiming nan schoolhouse is misdirected. 

The caller dress codification astatine Charles Middle School was unveiled to parents, successful a missive informing them of nan guidelines effective connected Monday, nan first time of school. 

'We are besides eliminating a look that has taken complete connected field pinch students wearing achromatic tops pinch achromatic bottoms, which has go much associated pinch slump and intelligence wellness issues and/or criminality than pinch happy and patient kids fresh to learn,' Principal Nicholas DeSantis announced, according to nan local Fox station.

He added that nan determination had been made by parents, teachers and organization stakeholders.

Norma De La Rosa, nan president of El Paso Teachers Association explained achromatic garments would still beryllium allowed, truthful agelong arsenic nan student didn't wore different colors arsenic well.

'What they are not allowing for students to deterioration clothing that is achromatic from apical to bottom,' De La Rosa told nan section station. 

'They tin deterioration achromatic shorts to spell to PE. And they tin deterioration it connected free dress day, but they conscionable cannot deterioration it from apical to bottom.'

It's unclear whether nan schoolhouse was targeting a circumstantial type of group, specified arsenic emo kids, who are known to dress successful each achromatic and moreover athletics achromatic make-up aliases pursuing nan lead of galore schoolhouse nationwide who person banned all-black owed to its affiliation pinch schoolhouse shooters.

After nan 1999 Columbine wide shooting successful Colorado, lead by 2 students who were known to dress successful achromatic and deterioration trench coats each day, schools crossed nan state banned all-black dressing, according to nan Atlantic. 

The schoolhouse besides prohibited sweatshirts pinch hoods and pockets successful bid to destruct 'opportunities for students to hide, use, and administer items that they should not person successful school.'

However, disapproval for nan dress codification was harsh.

'Wow, this mediate schoolhouse cured slump successful adolescents. Cheers to them,' quipped @pjcastellanos connected a section societal media Instagram account.

'You tin beryllium depressed successful a pinkish of rainbow outfit,' added @arelyhepburn. 

Another told of really dressing successful all-black successful his younker really helped him. 

'As an elder emo I wore achromatic to make maine consciousness comfortable and it helped maine pinch intelligence illness,' @notyourbaaby shared.

Rosas responded to nan backlash by acknowledging banning a colour wasn't going to cure intelligence illness, but encouraged parents to familiarize themselves pinch nan caller dress code.