HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J., Jan. 25, 2006
Male Student Wins Fight To Wear Skirts
Protesting Ban On Shorts In N.J. School, Student Goes Girly
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Play CBS Video Video Boy Wears Skirt In Protest A New Jersey high school has altered its dress code after a male student wore a skirt to protest the school's no-shorts policy. WCBS' Christine Sloan reports.
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Michael Coviello, a senior at Hasbrouck Heights High School, in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., shown Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006, wearing a kilt, can now wear skirts and dresses to school. (AP)
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The ACLU announced the deal Tuesday. It will allow a Hasbrouck Heights High School senior to wear a skirt, to protest the school's no-shorts policy (video).
The district's dress code bans shorts between Oct. 1 and April 15, but allows skirts, a policy 17-year-old Michael Coviello believes is discriminatory.
"I'm happy to be able to wear skirts again to bring attention to the fact that the ban on shorts doesn't make sense," Coviello said in a statement.
The Hasbrouck Heights superintendent, Joseph C. Luongo, did not return telephone messages left Tuesday seeking comment.
Coviello first wore a costume-style dress but high school officials told him to go home and change. The district's superintendent then advised Coviello to purchase everyday dresses and skirts at a retail store, which Coviello did, the ACLU said.
But after a few days, he was sent home with a note from his principal saying if he wore a dress, kilt or skirt, he could no longer attend school.
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