Student punished for Playboy pants

Published: Jan. 15, 2008 at 4:34 PM
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KISSIMMEE, Fla., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A Kissimmee, Fla., high school student says officials overreacted when they gave her a two-day detention for wearing sweats bearing the Playboy name and logo.

Elizabeth Johnson, a junior at Gateway High School, said a dean approached her at school and instructed her to change out of her black Playboy sweat pants, which she did. She was forced to stay for an hour after school for two days, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Tuesday.

Johnson said there was nothing inappropriate about her attire, despite Playboy's connection to soft-core pornography.

"The bunny is just a logo," she said. "There's nothing objectionable about that."

"They're black sweats," Johnson said. "They are thick, cotton, exercise pants... I was dressed tastefully."

The school district's dress code does not bar students from wearing any specific clothing brands, but allows officials to ban clothing with "offensive, suggestive, or indecent" messages or images.

District officials said dress code enforcement decisions are left up to individual schools.


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