Unbelievable whats the world coming to, quote, the move to trousers for all students promotes equality and inclusivity, ensuring all students feel comfortable and supported !
https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/p ... ge-5210415

Will the teachers and support staff all be wearing trousers…?

Don't agree with the policy set out by the schools at all.

Mind you it will stop little Johnny wanting to wear a skirt to school and wanting to be called Mandy and referred to as a her!

I think that one of the main reasons is that a lot of the girls roll their skirts so that they are really short

Some of the lasses' skirts are so short they cover next to nothing!

I think a little bit of discipline would work and people should get behind the schools. Next step ban the phones.

Should be no phones in school.

It's an attack on being a girl.

phones should be banned in shops too, seen many people ignoring the person serving them while holdsing a conversation on their phone

When driving you see really younger kids running ahead near the edge of the road while their mothers have their precious phone clutched in their hand oblivious to everything around them.
I bet 99% of all mobile use is banal gossip.

It’s always been like that, but why this action now, what triggered it .

they might have been normal when they started wearing them in september. like us lads lasses grow as well and i can remember having trousers at half mast by easter when they fitted great at the start of the school year.

more sense in banning them than shoving there nose into what kids actually wear.

wonder if its something to do with some of the pervy new immigrants hanging about in every town but they will not say that.

Probably all about "Toxic Masculinity". When I was at school, lasses wore short skirts and I didnt mind at all. Made the day less drab.

As a teacher - got to say that it would certainly make life easier, though can see both sides of the coin.

Teenage girls can be a nightmare for male members of staff- particularly the mouthy unpleasant ones. However they tend to reflect the attitude of their parents- who invariably are also a nightmare.

My school has banned phones and the difference is significant- that's where a lot of issues start- stuff that is posted on social media that then spills over into the classroom.

Rules around social media need to be tightened up by governments globally and firms properly held accountable. Until people are jailed for willingly letting some of this bile to be peddled, very little will change. The genie will never go back in the bottle but it has to be more regulated and people held more accountable than that is currently the case.

I agree with banning phones in schools but I cant see how this will prevent issues arising from on line material. The kids will continue to acces the internet, it just wont be within school hours.

wonder if they will be able to concentrate without there phones. seeing a queue od them at a bus stop waiting for the school buses they have one thing in common. looking at their phones. agree on there banning but it could be too late and should have been nipped in the bud.