Boys can wear skirts to school... but not shorts - Henley Standard

Boys can wear skirts to school... but not shorts - Henley Standard:
Boys can wear skirts to school... but not shorts
TEENAGE boys have been told they can’t wear shorts at school if they’re too hot — but they can put on a skirt.
Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common says that shorts are not part of its new uniform and that students must stick to the rules, which state that only trousers or skirts can be worn.
But a parent who queried this was told that the uniform policy was “gender neutral” and that if a boy didn’t want to wear trousers in hot weather he could put on a skirt instead.
...Alastair Vince-Porteous, from Caversham, contacted the school to ask whether his 13-year-old son could wear a pair of tailored, grey shorts as he suffers regular nose bleeds which become more frequent when it is hot. 
He said: “I wanted to try to make him a bit cooler and the shorts would help with that but I was told shorts are not part of the uniform.
“I know that in the past boys at other schools have worn skirts so I asked if he would be able to do that if he wanted and they said ‘yes’.
“They mentioned its policy being gender neutral, which is a very modern thing.”...
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