In January, teenage boys in the Central Valley city of Clovis showed up to school in dresses and girls wore pants as well as caps to hide their hair. They were protesting Clovis Unified's decision to keep it's controversial out-of-date dress code.
The dress code doesn't allow boys to wear earrings or to keep their hair below their earlobes. The proposed update would give the same standards for all students, but Clovis Unified School District trustees voted 4-3 against the policy update.
To tell us more about the controversy we are joined by Fresno Bee Education Reporter Mackenzie Mays who has covered the issue extensively. She told Joe Moore on Valley Edition that the proposal for change was sparked by Buchanan High student William Pleasant's complaints against the district saying that he wasn't allowed to enroll his senior year because his hair was too long. Later, the ACLU got involved.
Lois Henry with The Bakersfield Californian also joined Moore on Valley Edition. She grew up in the Clovis Unified system and said in a recent column that she came up against the dress code when she was a teenager.
To listen to the interview click play above.
