The Winston-Salem Forsyth County Board of Education approved standard mode of dress for Wiley Middle School, which “requires students to wear solid-colored white, gold or yellow, gray, tan, black or brown shirts and pants. Capri pants, skirts, dresses and jumpers in the same color pattern are allowed.”
There was opposition, however:
Janet Marsh, who has a sixth-grader at Wiley, said some parents felt too intimidated to express opposition to the dress code when school officials asked for a vote.
If parents voted against the dress code, they had to write their names, their child’s name and homeroom, Marsh said.
“A lot of people didn’t want to write no because they were afraid of repercussions,” she said. “The whole thing has taken place with a great deal of restless urgency.
I can’t imagine what repercussions dress-code opponents would face.
