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After April 2nd The Charter School for Applied Technologies, decided to make a sudden change in the school rules putting special emphasis on facial jewelry. Vallery Marx an honor roll student has opposed severely the new stipulation of no piercings allowed.
“They had no problem with me Monday, then Tuesday it was, like, ‘You can’t have them,’ ” Marx said in an interview that took place that week.
The 15-year-old sophomore, is included in one of the minority of students who are against this change of policy. Marx, who has 13 piercings on her face and ears, decided to challenge the policy after she had been cited for dress code violations and later sent to ‘the box’, said Thomas R.Lucia, chief communications officer.
Marx said that most of her piercings were done over a year ago in which she usually wears small jewelry, but up until after winter break it started to be an issue. Marx also argues that there is no such thing in the dress code that prohibits facial jewelry, in fact her mother Debra, said she read the code before taking her daughter to get her piercings done.
In the code, there was a statement which said “Any jewelry that is worn during school hours should be appropriate and non-distractive.” As long as a single pair of earrings would measure at maximum half-inch, it was all acceptable.
“They can certainly, at the end of the school day… wear whatever they care to,” Trustee David Quackenbush said on Tuesday. “But once the bell rings… our mission statement, our approach to education, says that’s how we’re going to do it.” The Charter School, was founded in 2001 by businessman Fred Saia, for them it is all about giving the best preparation for students for their future workplace. “Every Day is Career Day” is their motto.
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