An Indiana high school is making a bold move to create a safer environment for students — they’ve banned students from carrying bags including purses, during the school day. Female students are upset about the changes.
CBS 2 Northwest Indiana Bureau Chief Pamela Jones reports the principal and district administration of Hanover Central School in Cedar Lake would not discuss the matter.
But parents say the bag ban has actually part of the policy here for about three years. It’s just being enforced now. Students are buzzing about a rule at the school that bans purses.
“It’s kind of stupid,” said junior Natalie Goetz.
They say the principal made an announcement on the first day of school notifying students that all purses — and backpacks, for that matter — would have to be left in lockers.
There’s something else going here that prompted enforcement of this rule..stay tuned.
How will they hide their knives and firearms (and [i] you know[/i] whatelse)? What a nasty totalitarian school to abuse the little tykes like this!
So…what about the asthmatic student who needs to carry a rescue inhaler with them at all times, or someone with a severe allergy that needs an Epi-Pen with them at all times? Here’s something else to think about. Okay, it’s common knowledge that all purses are in the lockers. I know many men carry their wallets in their jeans pocket, but mine stays in my purse. How many of these will be stolen?
What about the student who forgets a necessary book in their bag (back when I was in high school my bookbag was nearly bursting its seams with books and weighed a ton) and then class has to be interrupted so the student can retrieve the book? Nowadays many schools are using laptops. Yes, let’s leave those in the lockers to be stolen, too.
Locker locks are a joke.
I agree, this is a very stupid ban. Sounds like the ban for untucked shirts at my old high school. The principal was insisting that [i]sweatshirts[/i] and shirts meant to be left untucked be tucked in. The only people exempt from this rule were the fat kids. I was also told I couldn’t have more than two braids (or cornrows) in my hair because it was “gang related” (I’m white and I liked how my hair looked after it came out of the braids).
And with all these ridiculous distractions people wonder why our public schools are in the state they are.
PS: I’m currently getting my teacher certification. God help me.