You Will Never Guess Why This Student Was Threatened With Suspension

Brisbane high school threatens to suspend student for most bizarre reason.

The school threatened to suspend the student for wearing the wrong socks!

Kenmore State High School in Brisbane wants to punish one if its students after he failed to attend detention for breaching the uniform policy by wearing generic socks, The Courier Mail reported.

The student’s breach was wearing generic white socks instead of the school’s own branded socks.

The student’s mother, told reporters her son had worn the same type of generic white socks all year but it wasn’t until recently was sent a breach notice.

According to Kenmore State High School policy, parents of a student found in breach of uniform policy are sent a letter and the student is given lunch time detention for every day of breach.

If they fail to attend lunch time detention twice, as this student did, then they are given an after school detention and if they miss that then they risk suspension.

Sara was informed that if her son failed to attend his next detention on Friday then he would be suspended.

‘I have no issue with kids wearing school uniforms just the schools need to make up their minds and stick to their own policies and communicate that more effectively with parents,’ the mum said.

The mum claims her husband attended a recent P&C meeting where the quality of the socks were being taken into consideration and they were informed students wouldn’t receive detention if the did not have them.

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41 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 23 May 2023
    11:36 am
This seems very over the top for a State School. I would like to know if there is someone new in charge that just wants to make a name for himself.

- - mom462038 said
  - 06 Apr 2020
    11:42 am
How petty is this? I would have thought a warning would have been enough

- - mom81879 said
  - 11 Feb 2020
    4:26 pm
Yes, this is definitely taking things too far to threaten suspension or expulsion because of the wrong socks. Just ludicrous

- - Amanda Holland said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    9:32 pm
My older kids wear target white shirts instead of the school uniform so ones. So what

- - mom111059 said
  - 28 Nov 2019
    6:56 pm
How ridiculous. An expense not everyone needs to pay out on. Don’t agree with this at all; too strict.

- - ThisIsMe said
  - 28 Nov 2019
    11:51 am
What a joke! Socks are socks! Why does it have to be “school’s own branded socks” so they can fill up their pockets more?! Uniforms are expensive as it is why the need to certain socks!

- - mom81879 said
  - 23 Oct 2019
    1:00 pm
Oh my goodness, I think this is disgusting! For most families, buying school uniforms is a huge expense, if families can save a dollar here and there, I say go for it! It’s white socks for heavens sake

- - mom439638 said
  - 08 Oct 2019
    8:24 pm
I agree with the article comment – if a school has rules it needs to follow them 100% and not just when it’s
Convenient.

- - mom350461 said
  - 01 Sep 2019
    4:33 pm
Revenue raising and confidence diminshing right there

- - DaffyD said
  - 13 Aug 2019
    9:48 am
oh please I’m sure the school has bigger fish to fry than socks

- - ella12 said
  - 12 Aug 2019
    2:47 pm
Oh seriously, this is just ludicrous.

- - rovermum said
  - 12 Aug 2019
    9:57 am
This is ridiculous. The school socks can be quite expensive when you need at leat 5 pairs to wear in the one week. I think this is a ridiculous sanction and rule.

- - mom173467 said
  - 11 Aug 2019
    4:50 pm
One of my sons was always getting into trouble for wearing the wrong socks at a Brisbane public school. I didn’t think it was a big deal at the time and still don’t more than a decade ago really trivial nonsense. As long as they are neat and tidy who cars what socks they have on.

- - MisChip said
  - 11 Aug 2019
    12:57 am
I don’t think this is such a big deal. I discovered that a note from home was always your ‘get out of jail free’ card.

- - Ceebsa89 said
  - 10 Aug 2019
    5:22 pm
I went to a private girl school and honestly, so ridiculous- we would get detention if we didn’t wear our school blazer out over our jumper. Get a grip!!

- - mom94898 said
  - 10 Aug 2019
    12:31 pm
If the socks are the correct colour and length, what is their problem? Does the school actually sell these socks? If so, are they upset that they are loosing out on extra money? I wonder what the education department in QLD thinks of this. The child’s education is way more important than what socks they are wearing.

- - Ellen said
  - 10 Aug 2019
    8:16 am
We just moved to Brisbane and I’ve noticed the school are very strict with their uniform policy up here indeed. It’s very much “old school”. I just wonder why the schools feel the need to do this.

- - musicmum said
  - 09 Aug 2019
    11:53 pm
Yes too strict and why compromise a child’s education over a pair of socks!
- mom93821 replied
  
  10 Aug 2019 , 11:45 am
  I agree – keeping children included and engaged in school is a must.
- - amanda gregory said
  - 09 Aug 2019
    4:00 pm
That is absolutely out there
I can’t believe they would suspend a child for wearing the wrong socks. Totally different if it was bright colours or pictures but white socks

- - celebrity said
  - 09 Aug 2019
    11:09 am
I tend to think its a little over the top. Far too strict. A lot of families struggle to buy the correct uniforms required and I don’t think socks should be an issue. If they do not meet the uniform’s guidelines and they risk detention it should b looked at and made a tad moore lenient.