Suburban_JJ high_JJ school_NN1 in_II showdown_NN1 over_II dress_NN1 code_NN1 Spirit_NN1 Day_NP1 arrived_VVD Friday_NPD1 at_II Downers_NP1 Grove_NN1 South_ND1 High_JJ School_NN1 with_IW less_DAR of_IO a_AT1 cheer_NN1 and_CC more_DAR of_IO a_AT1 thud_NN1 ._. 
In_II fact_NN1 ,_, it_PPH1 almost_RR became_VVD protest_NN1 day_NNT1 ._. 
Some_DD highly_RR engaging_JJ issues_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN raised_VVN this_DD1 week_NNT1 among_II the_AT 3,150_MC students_NN2 --_JJ hypocrisy_NN1 ,_, sexism_NN1 ,_, First_MD Amendment_NN1 rights_NN2 ,_, the_AT consequences_NN2 of_IO choices_NN2 --_JJ but_CCB not_XX as_II part_NN1 of_IO the_AT curriculum_NN1 ._. 
No_UH ,_, these_DD2 matters_NN2 rich_JJ in_II potential_JJ intellectual_JJ discourse_NN1 boiled_VVN down_RP to_II something_PN1 more_RGR fundamental_JJ ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 're_VBR asking_VVG young_JJ men_NN2 to_TO pull_VVI their_APPGE pants_NN2 up_RP so_CS we_PPIS2 do_VD0 n't_XX see_VVI their_APPGE underwear_NN1 ,_, "_" Principal_JJ Stephan_NP1 Bild_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ all_DB part_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 simmering_JJ controversy_NN1 over_II a_AT1 new_JJ emphasis_NN1 on_II the_AT dress_NN1 code_NN1 at_II the_AT west_ND1 suburban_JJ school_NN1 ._. 
Administrators_NN2 grew_VVD concerned_JJ "_" that_CST some_DD students_NN2 and_CC current_JJ fashion_NN1 trends_NN2 were_VBDR pushing_VVG the_AT boundaries_NN2 of_IO the_AT dress_NN1 code_NN1 to_II a_AT1 place_NN1 the_AT administration_NN1 and_CC staff_NN could_VM no_RR21 longer_RR22 condone_VVI or_CC ignore_VVI ,_, "_" Bild_NP1 wrote_VVD in_II a_AT1 letter_NN1 to_II parents_NN2 ,_, "_" particularly_RR young_JJ ladies_NN2 wearing_VVG shorts_NN2 far_RR above_II midthigh_NN1 and_CC young_JJ men_NN2 wearing_VVG pants_NN2 far_RR below_II the_AT level_NN1 of_IO their_APPGE waists_NN2 ._. "_" 
By_II the_AT end_NN1 of_IO the_AT week_NNT1 ,_, about_RG 200_MC students_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN sent_VVN to_II administrators_NN2 '_GE offices_NN2 for_IF dress_NN1 code_NN1 violations_NN2 ,_, Bild_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
As_CSA resentment_NN1 built_VVD ,_, a_AT1 student_NN1 used_VVD Facebook_NP1 to_TO call_VVI for_IF a_AT1 protest_NN1 ,_, urging_VVG students_NN2 to_TO wear_VVI clothing_NN1 Friday_NPD1 that_CST violated_VVD the_AT dress_NN1 code_NN1 ._. 
Administrators_NN2 pounced_VVD ._. 
The_AT boy_NN1 scrapped_VVD the_AT Facebook_NN1 page_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT protest_NN1 dissolved_VVD ._. 
But_CCB in_II31 response_II32 to_II33 criticism_NN1 that_CST short-skirted_JJ uniforms_NN2 worn_VVN by_II cheerleaders_NN2 and_CC members_NN2 of_IO the_AT pom_NN1 and_CC dance_VV0 team_NN1 on_II Fridays_NPD2 seemed_VVD to_TO violate_VVI the_AT dress_NN1 code_NN1 ,_, Bild_NP1 asked_VVD the_AT teams_NN2 '_GE coaches_NN2 "_" to_TO have_VHI the_AT ladies_NN2 find_VV0 a_AT1 way_NN1 to_TO wear_VVI spirit_NN1 clothing_NN1 ..._... that_DD1 meets_VVZ the_AT school-day_JJ clothing_NN1 expectation_NN1 ._. "_" 
The_AT solution_NN1 ?_? 
The_AT girls_NN2 wore_VVD black_JJ shorts_NN2 ,_, known_VVN as_II "_" Spankies_NP1 ,_, "_" under_II their_APPGE skirts_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB ,_, teens_NN2 being_VBG teens_NN2 ,_, cheerleaders_NN2 found_VVD a_AT1 way_NN1 to_TO push_VVI the_AT boundaries_NN2 of_IO that_DD1 directive_NN1 ,_, too_RR ._. 
In_II the_AT parking_NN1 lot_NN1 Friday_NPD1 afternoon_NNT1 ,_, several_DA2 of_IO them_PPHO2 were_VBDR sporting_JJ shorts_NN2 that_CST settled_VVD somewhere_RL north_ND1 of_IO midthigh_NN1 and_CC somewhere_RL south_ND1 of_IO eek_NN1 ._. 
No_PN121 one_PN122 could_VM blame_VVI Bild_NN1 if_CS he_PPHS1 spent_VVD some_DD quality_NN1 time_NNT1 with_IW an_AT1 ice_NN1 pack_NN1 on_II his_APPGE head_NN1 this_DD1 weekend_NNT1 ._. 
Despite_II the_AT large_JJ number_NN1 of_IO teens_NN2 warned_VVN of_IO violations_NN2 since_CS classes_NN2 started_VVD Aug._NPM1 25_MC ,_, students_NN2 were_VBDR saying_VVG that_CST only_RR about_RG half_DB of_IO the_AT violators_NN2 were_VBDR getting_VVG caught_VVN ._. 
Eva_NP1 Gjorgieva_NP1 ,_, chatting_VVG with_IW friends_NN2 in_II the_AT parking_NN1 lot_NN1 on_II Friday_NPD1 ,_, called_VVN the_AT newly_RR enforced_JJ old_JJ rules_NN2 ,_, "_" a_AT1 waste_NN1 of_IO administrators_NN2 '_GE time_NNT1 ._. 
And_CC ,_, some_DD kids_NN2 are_VBR missing_VVG four_MC periods_NN2 a_AT1 day_NNT1 waiting_VVG "_" in_II the_AT dean_NN1 's_GE office_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 change_NN1 of_IO clothes_NN2 ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 do_VD0 n't_XX think_VVI guys_NN2 are_VBR that_CST distracted_VVD "_" by_II the_AT revealing_JJ clothes_NN2 ,_, she_PPHS1 added_VVD ._. 
The_AT dress_NN1 code_NN1 debate_NN1 is_VBZ becoming_VVG a_AT1 fall_NN1 ritual_NN1 at_II high_JJ schools_NN2 across_II the_AT country_NN1 --_NN1 from_II precise_JJ neckline_NN1 measurements_NN2 in_II Michigan_NP1 to_II a_AT1 breast_NN1 cancer_NN1 awareness_NN1 bracelet_NN1 bearing_VVG the_AT word_NN1 "_" boobies_NN2 "_" in_II California_NP1 ._. 
This_DD1 year_NNT1 ,_, Downers_NP1 Grove_NN1 South_ND1 officials_NN2 started_VVD enforcing_VVG the_AT dress_NN1 code_NN1 to_II the_AT letter_NN1 ._. 
Shorts_NN2 were_VBDR to_TO be_VBI no_AT shorter_JJR than_CSN midthigh_NN1 and_CC pants_NN2 must_VM cling_VVI respectfully_RR close_RR to_II waist-level_NN1 ._. 
Kids_NN2 complained_VVD that_CST retailers_NN2 do_VD0 n't_XX sell_VVI the_AT conservative_JJ clothing_NN1 the_AT school_NN1 is_VBZ requiring_VVG and_CC buying_VVG new_JJ clothes_NN2 would_VM be_VBI expensive_JJ ._. 
Most_DAT parents_NN2 supported_VVD enforcing_VVG the_AT code_NN1 ,_, although_CS a_AT1 few_DA2 called_JJ Bild_NN1 wondering_VVG why_RRQ the_AT school_NN1 was_VBDZ spending_VVG all_DB this_DD1 energy_NN1 on_II policing_VVG clothes_NN2 ,_, he_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" Students_NN2 have_VH0 every_AT1 right_NN1 to_TO disagree_VVI with_IW rules_NN2 and_CC regulations_NN2 and_CC their_APPGE enforcement_NN1 ,_, "_" Bild_NP1 wrote_VVD in_II a_AT1 letter_NN1 to_II parents_NN2 about_II the_AT planned_JJ protest_NN1 ._. 
"_" They_PPHS2 do_VD0 not_XX have_VHI the_AT right_NN1 to_TO disrupt_VVI the_AT school_NN1 in_BCL21 order_BCL22 to_TO make_VVI it_PPH1 known_VVN to_II us_PPIO2 ._. "_" 
David_NP1 Hudson_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 scholar_NN1 at_II the_AT First_MD Amendment_NN1 Center_NN1 in_II Nashville_NP1 ,_, Tenn._NP1 ,_, noted_VVD that_CST disputes_NN2 over_II cultural_JJ norms_NN2 that_CST bubble_VV0 up_RP between_II administrators_NN2 and_CC students_NN2 highlight_VV0 generational_JJ differences_NN2 and_CC have_VH0 emerged_VVN through_II the_AT decades_NNT2 ._. 
Hudson_NP1 cited_VVD a_AT1 case_NN1 from_II the_AT 1920s_MC2 in_II which_DDQ a_AT1 student_NN1 named_VVN Pearl_NP1 Pugsley_NP1 went_VVD to_II court_NN1 with_IW the_AT Knobel_NP1 ,_, Ark._NP1 ,_, school_NN1 board_NN1 after_CS she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ barred_VVN from_II class_NN1 for_IF violating_VVG a_AT1 no_NN1 makeup_NN1 rule_NN1 ._. 
"_" These_DD2 free_JJ speech_NN1 arguments_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN going_VVG on_RP for_IF sometime_RT ,_, "_" Hudson_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" What_DDQ 's_VBZ a_RR21 little_RR22 unusual_JJ here_RL is_VBZ the_AT amount_NN1 of_IO students_NN2 involved_VVD ._. "_" 
Student_NN1 dress_NN1 is_VBZ protected_JJ speech_NN1 under_II a_AT1 1969_MC Supreme_JJ Court_NN1 ruling_NN1 that_CST found_VVD students_NN2 in_II Des_NP1 Moines_NP2 ,_, Iowa_NP1 ,_, were_VBDR within_II their_APPGE right_NN1 to_TO wear_VVI black_JJ arm_NN1 bands_VVZ to_TO protest_VVI the_AT Vietnam_NP1 War_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB protesting_VVG a_AT1 war_NN1 is_VBZ considered_VVN political_JJ speech_NN1 ._. 
The_AT right_NN1 to_TO bare_VVI cleavage_NN1 ,_, upper_JJ thighs_NN2 and_CC underpants_NN2 in_II the_AT halls_NN2 ,_, classrooms_NN2 ,_, cafeterias_NN2 and_CC libraries_NN2 of_IO high_JJ schools_NN2 was_VBDZ somehow_RR left_VVN out_II21 of_II22 the_AT Constitution_NN1 ._. 
