The school administration reversed the decision and skorts are officially back on the uniform list. Thank you to the 676 of you who pushed for this change and refused to accept the removal of our choice. Keep an eye on your email for details regarding when these will be available …
May 31, 2023
Final supporters
LOGS school has removed skorts from the PE uniform without consultation with either parents or pupils, replacing them with the same traditionally masculine shorts for all pupils in a bid to make the uniform 'more inclusive'. This has caused distress and worry to many of the school's female students who prefer wearing skorts for a number of reasons, listed below.
1. The uniform terms have been changed to move away from 'traditional gender uniform' in order to make non-binary and trans students feel more comfortable. This doesn't however take into consideration, and therefore involve inclusivity, for those students who feel more comfortable in a more traditionally gender specific uniform.
2. Inclusivity should include the girls' rights to be girls and express their femininity. This right should not be removed from them and gender-neutrality uniform should not be forced on those wishing to be gender-specific.
3. Many girl pupils have expressed how much they enjoyed wearing skorts as part of the PE kit and are uncomfortable, both physically and emotionally, wearing shorts instead.
4. Many girls have expressed that shorts do not feel as secure to wear during their periods. The skorts were more fitted than the shorts, thus providing a feeling of better security.
5. Encouraging girls to do sports can be a challenge for parents, and having a further barrier to this in the form of PE kit is unhelpful and unnecessary.
6. Many female students have complained to their parents that the fabric used in the shorts are not as comfortable as that used in the skorts. Some have taken to rolling the shorts up in order to tackle this issue, which looks far worse than the skorts.
7. The shorts are the same design for both boys and girls, which is inclusive in the fact that every one is wearing the same, but completely overlooking the physical differences in biology and therefore cannot comfortably fit both boys and girls.
8. True inclusivity would allow each pupil to choose to wear either the traditionally masculine or feminine uniform based on their personal gender identity and gender expression.
9. Poorly conceived regulations can lessen the respect for all regulations and undermines the school's authority and credibility.
10. From an ecological standpoint, the amount of skorts now going to landfill is very high!
We, the undersigned, would ask the school to review this policy with a view to making it truly inclusive by still allowing those who wish to express their feminine identity.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 16, 2023
Reached 100 supporters
May 16, 2023
May 14, 2023
We need to hit the one hundred signature mark to ensure the administration takes our concerns about the uniform policy seriously. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and ask your friends to sign. We have to keep this momentum moving forward.
May 14, 2023
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this milestone before we present our case to the school board. Take this link and post it on your Facebook page right now. Text three people you know and ask them to sign before the end of the day.
92 Comments
I would have hated to be made to wear shorts at school. I came from the gym skirt and PE knickers generation. Has no consideration been given to the tricky time of puberty and navigating periods for girls? Teenage girls shouldn’t be forced to wear shorts.
Girls should have the choice wether they want to wear shorts or skirts it’s restricting and unnecessary. Most girls struggle with body image and would feel more comfortable in a skorts rather then shorts. Girls also express there femininity through out what they wear including the school skorts!!
I would also add that there is not a single sport which cannot be played as wholeheartedly in a skort as it can in shorts! Skorts offer equal practicality, and for girls they offer more at particular times of the month.
My daughter absolutely hates the shorts. She feels very uncomfortable when she has her period, the shorts just aren’t secure enough. In my opinion they look rather scruffy also.
The girls find them incredibly uncomfortable. They hinder their sporting activities. All the other schools wear skorts , so our girls immediately loose their “game face” when arriving for a fixture . For children with neuro diversity and sensory issues this is highly discriminatory in what is already a very challenging world.
As a uniform supplier we deal with a number of girls who are upset because schools remove skorts from the uniform list
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The school administration reversed the decision and skorts are officially back on the uniform list. Thank you to the 676 of you who pushed for this change and refused to accept the removal of our choice. Keep an eye on your email for details regarding when these will be available …
May 31, 2023
Final supporters
LOGS school has removed skorts from the PE uniform without consultation with either parents or pupils, replacing them with the same traditionally masculine shorts for all pupils in a bid to make the uniform 'more inclusive'. This has caused distress and worry to many of the school's female students who prefer wearing skorts for a number of reasons, listed below.
1. The uniform terms have been changed to move away from 'traditional gender uniform' in order to make non-binary and trans students feel more comfortable. This doesn't however take into consideration, and therefore involve inclusivity, for those students who feel more comfortable in a more traditionally gender specific uniform.
2. Inclusivity should include the girls' rights to be girls and express their femininity. This right should not be removed from them and gender-neutrality uniform should not be forced on those wishing to be gender-specific.
3. Many girl pupils have expressed how much they enjoyed wearing skorts as part of the PE kit and are uncomfortable, both physically and emotionally, wearing shorts instead.
4. Many girls have expressed that shorts do not feel as secure to wear during their periods. The skorts were more fitted than the shorts, thus providing a feeling of better security.
5. Encouraging girls to do sports can be a challenge for parents, and having a further barrier to this in the form of PE kit is unhelpful and unnecessary.
6. Many female students have complained to their parents that the fabric used in the shorts are not as comfortable as that used in the skorts. Some have taken to rolling the shorts up in order to tackle this issue, which looks far worse than the skorts.
7. The shorts are the same design for both boys and girls, which is inclusive in the fact that every one is wearing the same, but completely overlooking the physical differences in biology and therefore cannot comfortably fit both boys and girls.
8. True inclusivity would allow each pupil to choose to wear either the traditionally masculine or feminine uniform based on their personal gender identity and gender expression.
9. Poorly conceived regulations can lessen the respect for all regulations and undermines the school's authority and credibility.
10. From an ecological standpoint, the amount of skorts now going to landfill is very high!
We, the undersigned, would ask the school to review this policy with a view to making it truly inclusive by still allowing those who wish to express their feminine identity.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
May 16, 2023
Reached 100 supporters
May 16, 2023
May 14, 2023
We need to hit the one hundred signature mark to ensure the administration takes our concerns about the uniform policy seriously. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and ask your friends to sign. We have to keep this momentum moving forward.
May 14, 2023
We are approaching 500 signatures and need to hit this milestone before we present our case to the school board. Take this link and post it on your Facebook page right now. Text three people you know and ask them to sign before the end of the day.
92 Comments
Whilst I’m supportive that girls should be allowed to wear shorts if they want for PE girls should also have the choice to wear skorts. Equality is not about everyone confirming to make stereotypes and make dress but about providing choice for boys and girls to wear what they feel most comfortable in
I would have hated to be made to wear shorts at school. I came from the gym skirt and PE knickers generation. Has no consideration been given to the tricky time of puberty and navigating periods for girls? Teenage girls shouldn’t be forced to wear shorts.
Girls should have the choice wether they want to wear shorts or skirts it’s restricting and unnecessary. Most girls struggle with body image and would feel more comfortable in a skorts rather then shorts. Girls also express there femininity through out what they wear including the school skorts!!
I would also add that there is not a single sport which cannot be played as wholeheartedly in a skort as it can in shorts! Skorts offer equal practicality, and for girls they offer more at particular times of the month.
My daughter absolutely hates the shorts. She feels very uncomfortable when she has her period, the shorts just aren’t secure enough. In my opinion they look rather scruffy also.
The girls find them incredibly uncomfortable. They hinder their sporting activities. All the other schools wear skorts , so our girls immediately loose their “game face” when arriving for a fixture . For children with neuro diversity and sensory issues this is highly discriminatory in what is already a very challenging world.
As a uniform supplier we deal with a number of girls who are upset because schools remove skorts from the uniform list
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Whilst I’m supportive that girls should be allowed to wear shorts if they want for PE girls should also have the choice to wear skorts. Equality is not about everyone confirming to make stereotypes and make dress but about providing choice for boys and girls to wear what they feel most comfortable in