Glutton for More Legal Challenges

Washoe County School District, bruising from lawsuits over mandatory school uniforms and mottoes, is working on a new uniform policy.

They shouldn't even have mandatory school uniforms in the first place although they are supposedly legal as it has been decided in the court system.

Still, the district wants to give principals way too much leeway on what to do and would clash with court rulings. Stupid, stupid, stupid:

In the new policy, uniforms may only have the school's logo and name on the uniform. No other language would be allowed on the uniform.

This new policy would clash with the current legal battle and uniforms at Roy Gomm Elementary School.

Last month the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a decision made two years ago by U.S. District Court Judge Robert C Jones, who dismissed a suit by parents who objected to the Gomm uniform policy.

More About the School Uniform Court Case

I doubt there is video available like there is with the Ninth Circuit, but once again it appears WCSD doesn't have a leg to stand on although you never know with courts. Few judges have any idea whatsoever how much power principals have, and they don't even have to follow the law:

Randy Drake, chief general counsel for the Washoe County School District, countered during the hearing that state law gives principals authority to impose uniforms. About 30 schools in Washoe County now require uniforms, he said.

Justice Kristina Pickering questioned the purpose of the state education statute if everybody already had power to impose a uniform policy.

“It is arguable if there is going to be a uniform policy, it has to be adopted by the board of trustees,” Pickering said.

What's the damned point of the law if it's going to be flouted anyway? But welcome to the wonderful world of school district policies, where the law takes a backseat to the whims of administrators.