no tighty whities Holloween costume in School
This is where we draw the line…————-
Oct. 29–Blame Captain Underpants. At least a little.
This year –
partly because three Long Beach High School seniors last year just had to
emulate Mr. Underpants in all his tighty-whitey glory, Halloween costumes will
be banned from the school this week.
No Wonder Womans, no pirates, no bloody
ghouls allowed.
Principal Nicholas Restivo, who was on the front lines in
the Captain Underpants drama, said the incident helped cement a decision he
already was leaning toward.
“Captain Underpants certainly convinced me again
that banning costumes was the right way to go,” he said. “As a result of Captain
Underpants, I found out that we are definitely in the minority of schools that
allowed kids to come in wearing costumes.”
Restivo sent a letter home last
week to parents and has been announcing his decision on the public address
system at school as a reminder to students.
It is the post-Captain
Underpants world they live in, but some students said they aren’t going to let
what they say is this so-not-fair ban stand without a fight. If the chubby star
of Dave Pilkey’s children’s books can take on such adversaries as Professor
Poopypants and the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies, well, they have their
methods too.
They are circulating a petition, and the word is some are
planning to protest by showing up in costume anyway.
“The costume ban is
ridiculous,” said Meghan Beck, 16, a junior who said she would nevertheless
abide by the ban. “It’s one thing if the school won’t let us wear outfits that
are revealing or inappropriate, but if it is an innocent Halloween costume we
should be allowed to wear it.”
But “innocent” is subjective.
