No Dresses of Any Kind for Anyone: Dance Canceled

[redheadbaker]

A central New Jersey school district canceled a middle school dance this week after the school's embattled principal received a threatening email.

Authorities did not disclose specific details about the threat made against Readington Middle School Principal Sharon Moffat. But they say the threat received Friday morning apparently came "from overseas'' and is not considered credible.

A dance scheduled for Friday night was cancelled after the threat was received. District Superintendent Barbara Sargent said township police offered to have an officer at the school for the dance, but said it seemed "more sensible to not hold'' the dance.

Moffat recently drew national attention for banning girls from wearing strapless dresses to an eighth-grade dance scheduled for June. She says such dresses distract boys.

Dozens of parents and students attended a school board meeting Tuesday to protest Moffat's dress-code policy, calling it arbitrary and sexist. The board will review the policy before its next meeting, scheduled for May 14.

Sargent said she was frustrated that the dress code issue has become such "a media event,'' saying the district would rather be focused on teaching and curriculum.

"We have been working to maintain a focus on instruction in spite of these very distracting events.'' She said.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Principal-Who-Banned-Strapless-Dresses-Threatened-205011761.html

[josieposy]

Well damn. I suppose if you want to get a cheap dress for your kid's next dance in that area, there's going to be plenty to choose from now.

[overture]

LOL at "from overseas." If they don't hold that dance and let the boys be distracted by strapless dresses, then the terrorists have truly won.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Alright, which one of you sent the letter?

[auntie]

Readington?

Wow. DS's volunteer train gig is in that neck of the words. This seems to be the most exciting thing to happen there since the Lindbergh baby got kidnapped.

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I'm honestly floored that people are buying fancy dresses for an 8th grade dance.

[bugandbibs]

Apr 27, 2013 19:56:21 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

I'm honestly floored that people are buying fancy dresses for an 8th grade dance.

Our 8th grade promotion was very formal, think non black tie evening wedding. Strapless dresses weren't common, but they weren't really in style back then. It was all about the off the shoulder look for us. 

*sigh* Even in eighth grade my boobs needed more support than I good get from a strapless bra.