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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Finley

Charter school lost case over skirts rule for girls, but debate over charter autonomy isn't over

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Bonnie Peltier was at her daughter's kindergarten orientation in North Carolina when she learned all girls at the charter school must wear skirts.

“I was stunned," Peltier said. ”I’m looking around the room at the other parents and nobody seemed to mind. And I was like, ‘I can’t be the only one who thinks this is crazy.’"

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