I'm a 7th grade honers student at West Side Middle School in Elkhart, Indiana. Early in the year I learned that on Halloween we could wear costumes to school (as long as they don't have face paint or masks and follow standard dress code). I've been looking forward to this for months now, and on today's announcements it still said the costume plan was a go for teachers and students. Then, in my 7th hour class, they announced that because a handful of student's grades dropped after fall break, no students or teachers are permitted to wear costumes. This is obviously unfair to many people. Many of my friends are all extremely disappointed, and guess what? They all have A's. Please, West Side student or not, please sign this so the students who are struggling can get a punishment that won't affect such a large group of people who haven't done anything wrong. Thank you.