A school district in Springfield, Illinois, has implemented a rule in which students are not allowed to wear pajamas while doing remote learning at home.
Some parents aren’t fans of the policy, which is in the district’s student and family handbook for the 2020-21 school year.
“I don’t think they have any right to say what happens in my house,” Elizabeth Ballinger told WCIA in Champaign, Illinois. ”I think they have enough to worry about as opposed to what the kids are wearing. They need to make sure they’re getting educated.”
“They get good grades so worry about teaching not clothes,” another parent wrote online, the Champaign station reported. “As long as they are covered up, who cares?”
Others didn’t have a problem with the rule.
“It makes sense; it’s just a little bit of respect to show up clean and ready for class,” one parent said.
“In truth, the whole pajama thing is really at the bottom of our priority scale when it comes to public education,” Springfield Education Association president Aaron Graves said.
According to News Talk WMAY in Springfield, students taking part in remote learning can’t do so from their beds. In addition, students in a video class must have the camera on and “focused on your person not another part of the room.”
Bree Hankins, the district’s public relations representative, told the news outlet the pajama policy and others will be addressed individually.
“Generally speaking, there are no definitive one-to-one consequences outlined in our handbook for any disciplinary reason,” she said. “Incidents of misconduct and subsequent consequences are treated on an individual basis.”
