Superbowl craziness taking hold!
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="alt2" style="border: 1px inset ;"> Posted by Evan Silva on February 5, 2010 9:31 PM ET
A Louisiana high school student was sent home Friday for wearing a Colts jersey to class a day after the principal encouraged the student body to wear New Orleans Saints' black and gold.
"If they tell other students to support their team, why can't I support mine?" said Brandon Frost, 17.
Frost, a senior at Maurepas High School, moved from Indianapolis three years ago.
He claims the principal pulled him out of class and addressed Frost angrily.
"I don't recall saying you could wear a Colts jersey on Black-and-Gold day," the principal said according to Frost.
"Then he started to get angry," Frost observed. "I thought I remember him saying, 'If you like Indiana so much, why don't you go back?'"
A school board member says Frost was informed he could not wear blue. Maurepas has a dress code that was relaxed strictly for Saints colors.
The Louisiana ACLU director stepped in to have Frost's disciplinary record expunged.
"Louisiana would be proud of him anyway," said Frost's father. "He wore [LSU alum] Joseph Addai's jersey."
The principal's behavior, if it was as Frost recounted, was clearly out of line. And sending the boy home from school seems excessive. However, it sounds like Frost was specifically informed Colts colors weren't allowed at the uniform-requiring school, and simply chose to be rebellious. </td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Response from Indiana:
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Dear. Mr. Vampran,
I am a teacher in Indianapolis, and I work for Indianapolis Public Schools, the largest school district in the state of Indiana.
This morning, 6 February 2010, I read an interesting article in our Indianapolis paper about a former resident, Brandon Frost, who is now a student in your school district and, according to the paper, at the school for which you serve as the administrator. I am sure you can imagine I was completely confused by the contents of the article.
Friday was blue & white day in Indiana (of course for our Colts), and Indianapolis Public Schools waived the dress code for our students so they could participate in the activities and show their spirit for our great football team. Yes, we told our students it was "blue and white" day, and most of our students wore those colors and/or a Colts jersey; however, we had a handful of students who did not. Those who did not chose to wear the colors of our opponent, the "Saints."
Mr. Vampran, unlike you, we allowed those students to stay in school and support the team for whom they were showing their support. Here in Indiana, we believe in the rights granted to each individual through the Constitution of the United States of America. What you did was completely unacceptable, especially as an educator.
I hope you apologize to the student, to his family (both in Louisiana and Indiana), and to the great state of Indiana.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Batz
Indianapolis, Indiana
