Out of the Mouths of Administrators (2)

Here’s another item in the collection of things to be filed under “Duh! You’d think they’d know better by now!” It’s yet another case of an organization (it seems overwhelmingly to be school administrators) making a decision that anyone with an ounce of intelligence will realize is going to come around and bite them in the ass.

Just reading the headline of this article on CNN — “Muslim girl suspended for head scarf” — and you know the whole story: For some dopey reason (in this case it’s to prevent gang violence) a some school (in this case it’s the Ben Franklin Science Academy in Oklahoma City) is banning some piece of clothing (in this case it’s headgear) that someone has an obvious right to wear (in this case it’s her hijab or head scarf).

What do they think is going to happen?

The rest of us know how this will end up: She will be allowed to wear her scarf and the school will issue an apology for a ‘hasty decision.’ But first, of course, we have to go through all the nonsense of their defending their policy — “You treat religious items the same as you would as any other item, no better, no worse,” say the school’s attorney. “Our dress code prohibits headgear, period.” He then went on to point out that ‘a Jewish child would not be allowed to wear a yarmulke.’ (Christian kids are not affected, of course.)

To top it off, they kicked the girl out of school on Sept. 11.