Alert: Your leggings and yoga pants are too Distracting

A school in Halifax is banning leggings because they are too distracting:

My close childhood friends will tell you I was very attached to wearing leggings when I was growing up. They were so comfortable it took several years before I could even understand why someone would choose to wear jeans. I was definitely not trying to make a statement or attract any sort of attention by wearing them, so it was particularly surprising to me that one school in Halifax, Eastern Passage Education Centre, considers leggings “distracting” and has moved to enforce a dress code banning girls from wearing them as pants. From CTV:

“Tights which are being worn in an inappropriate manner are not acceptable for school. If students choose to wear tights, they should have a long shirt or sweater to cover the front and backside. Yoga pants can fall into a grey area, depending on the style and manner in which they are worn. The administration will use their discretion with these cases and have the conversation with the student.” [...]
Monday, more than 30 girls wore tights in spite of the rules. “We’ve been wearing leggings the whole year, then all of a sudden we’re not allowed to, and guys wear pants with their underwear hanging out,” says Grade 9 student Darian Mansfield.
“It’s not showing anything,” says Grade 9 student Jessica Cole. “I’m wearing like, a longish sweater and it’s not showing anything at all.”

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