CAT Tracks for November 7, 2013 BOY SUSPENDED OVER PURSE

The school district would be wise to reinstate the boy, allow him to make up all missed work, and expunge the suspension from his record...

...and toss in an apology if the parent insists upon it.

The "court test" in enforcing school dress codes has always been whether the item of apparel or its wearing was "disruptive" to instruction? Since the boy in question had been wearing the purse since August, the district is going to be hard pressed to make a disruption case.

Then again, Kansas is a reliable "red state", so officials there might be willing to spend big bucks fighting over mid-2oth Century viewpoints.

"Toto, I've a feeling we are in Kansas."