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Rising temperatures have given rise to a debate about the dress code at the Pitman Middle School.

About 15 parents who attended a board of education meeting Tuesday night complained that their daughters and sons had been sent to the principal's office the previous week for wearing inappropriate clothing.

School Superintendent William B. Horton said 12 students were sent to the office on May 7, when temperatures soared near 90, for wearing jams - a type of short pants - and other clothing that their teachers considered inappropriate for school.

The dress code states that Pitman Middle School students are not allowed to wear shorts to school, Horton said. But, he said, the principal at the school - which is not air-conditioned - can relax that policy when the weather is predicted to be exceptionally hot.

"This is the only school (in the district) with a potential for this problem," Horton said. "Shorts are always prohibited at Pitman High School

because it is air-conditioned, and we allow the younger children at the four elementary schools to wear shorts."

The school is the district's only middle school. Nearly 400 sixth, seventh and eighth graders attend, Horton said.

The dress code also forbids bare midriffs, halter tops, transparent blouses, exceptionally tight clothing, extremely dirty clothing and T-shirts displaying obscene language, Horton said.

"We're very confused," said Sharon Gallinelli, who has two daughters at the middle school. "I sent them to school in clothes they had worn in September, and they didn't get into trouble then."

Dee Decker, another parent, said her daughter had been sent to the office for wearing cropped pants, which come above the ankle but below the knee.

"They told me to come to school and bring her other clothes, and I refused," she said.

Several board members defended the policy.

"With different styles coming out every year, we can't always predict what the kids will come to school dressed like," said board member William H. Orr. ''Just because it isn't stated in the policy doesn't mean it's automatically appropriate. Parents should use some judgment."

"We really can't allow the students to go to school dressed for the beach," said board member Harold E. Hanes. "It has a direct correlation to attitude."

Judith Lohmann, an eighth-grade teacher at the middle school, agreed with Hanes. "If these kids come to school dressed for play, all too often they think it's time to play," she said.

Horton said later that a letter clarifying the dress code would be sent to parents this week.

"We're going to reiterate the existing policy," he said. "Jams and other types of short pants will be allowed if they come approximately to the knee. This will be left totally up to the discretion of the teacher and the principal."