WASHINGTON DC – The Supreme Court of the United States rejected this Monday to rule on a case on whether a school in concession in the state of North Carolina can force students to wear skirts, keeping in force the decision of an appeals court, which last year he invalidated the measure.
Charter Day School, located in Brunswick County, tries to promote “traditional values” and imposed the dress code to emphasize the idea that a woman is “a fragile vessel that men must care for and honor,” according to statements from its founder, Baker Mitchell, collected by the radio station NPR.
The center was sued by a group of parents who argued that the dress rules limited their daughters’ ability to participate in school activities during recess and were discriminatory by preventing them from wearing pants like their peers.
The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, located in Richmond, Virginia, sided with the parents in June of last year, understanding that the school acts as a public entity and therefore is subject to constitutional guarantees to protect equality.
According to NPR, Charter Day receives 95% of its funding from government sources.
The school raised the cause to the Supreme Court of the country arguing that the schools in concession are free to decide their educational course without “state coercion”, collects, for its part, the CNN chain.
The highest court in the country decided, however, to maintain the “status quo”, allowing the school’s students to wear pants, just like their peers.
