A school administrator in Ohio has now been put in the hot seat in the middle of a small town controversy, surrounding a seventh grader’s dress. While at a Valentine’s Day dance, a seventh grade girl was asked to cover up her arms with a jacket due to their exposure, but what the vice principal allegedly said has set the story on fire.
According to Cincinnati CBS affiliate Local 12 News, the girl, Ari Waters, called her mother after being told to cover up. When she had arrived, the mother was told something that shocked her.
Ari said she felt embarrassed and asked her mother to pick her up because other girls that wore more revealing clothing were not asked to cover up.
Ari’s mother, Gina Waters, said she demanded an explanation from the school’s vice principal. “I said what’s wrong with her bare arms? And she said ‘they are sexual objects’ and I said whoa, wait a minute,” Gina recalled.
Ari seemed to be very upset by the comments made by the administrator.
“I don’t know how to describe it. I felt dirty and just really down and upset that she said that because through the whole night my friends were telling me, oh, your dress looks beautiful, you look so gorgeous today,” Ari said.
However the principal of the school, Sabrina Armstrong, has denied that the vice principal ever made the comment. She made clear that all students were told to abide by the school’s dress code when attending the dance.
Here is the girl’s “provocative” dress:
Despite the school’s dress code prohibiting tank tops, it does not specifically address sleeveless tops. Ari Waters’ mother, Gina, has demanded an apology from the school.
“But for the school to back her, I understand why they’re backing her. She’s administrative staff and I understand that. But it did happen,” Gina said. “These middle schoolers are 10 years of age up to 13. They’re kids. They’re not sexual objects. They’re not sexual beings. That word should never have been used and it should never have been associated with an arm, with a limb.”
Ari Waters has declared that she didn’t break the dress code, as it is written. The weirdest part: Who bans sleeveless shirts from a school dance? Was this dance being co-sponsored by the Taliban?
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