May 2, 2023 12:01 pm
The Bigger Story Behind the Charter School That Requires Girls to Wear Skirts
The dress code at the Charter Day School, a supposedly nonsectarian, publicly funded K-8 charter school in Leland, North Carolina, requires that female students wear skirts, jumpers, or “skorts.” The school’s founder justifies the dress code by explaining that girls are “fragile vessels.”