MONROE, Ohio - Cheerleaders at a Monroe, Ohio, high school
have been banned from wearing their uniforms to school
because the short skirts violate the district dress code.
Administrators at Monroe High School said cheerleaders,
who have traditionally worn their uniforms to Friday pep
rallies before football games, are now being required to
wear clothing over or beneath the skirts while school is
in session because of a new district-wide rule that
requires skirts worn at school to be no shorter than three
inches above the knee, WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, reported. "The
skirts that the cheerleaders wear are very short, and
they're very tight and they're slit so they can do the
gymnastics that are required of a cheerleader," Monroe
Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli said. "You want to have
students wear appropriate clothing during the educational
period of the day, and then after school, wear the
appropriate clothing for the event," she said. However,
some parents have objected to the new rule. "My daughter
is a senior, this is her last year. We paid for uniforms
and they should be able to wear them on game day," Becky
Daniel said.