Boy Suspended for Carrying Purse to School

Was it because it didn't match his shoes?

GARNETT, KS (KTVI) – A 13-year-old Kansas 8th grader says he was suspended from school for carrying a purse.

Skylar Davis says the Vera Bradley purse is his form of expression.  He adds that girls carry purses, so he should be able to do the same.  Skylar's vice-principal disagreed and told him to stop carrying the bag.

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[Curtisls87]

Funny thing, I was once hauled down to the principal's office in grade school for wearing beads. This was in the late 60s, so the teacher thought I was trying to be a "hippie." She wouldn't let me explain. So the principal asked me what I thought I was doing, and I explained that these were beads my brother had just brought back from South Africa (he was an exchange student), and I had worn them to talk about them in show-and-tell. The look on the teacher's face as the principal reamed her in front of me was priceless.