Showing town spirit in Climax is cause for punishment in this Minnesota town.
Shirley Moberg, superintendent of Climax-Shelly schools, said T-shirts bearing the town’s slogan “Climax — More than just a feeling,” are inappropriate because of the sexual innuendo.
About a dozen students wore centennial T-shirts to school this week in protest, and one girl was sent home Wednesday for refusing to turn her shirt inside out.
School officials had said nothing to students wearing the shirts until recently, when a teacher wore it to school and a person complained. The shirts are no longer allowed to be worn at school, she said.
Climax, a town of 270 near the North Dakota border, adopted the “More than a feeling” slogan in 1996 for its centennial. The slogan was used in advertising and promotions, and the T-shirts have been around for years. . . .
Thanks to reader Rich Carreiro. (If you really want to figure out the legal status of such restrictions, rather than just to laugh at the story, check Bethel School District v. Fraser; the short answer is that the school is probably entitled to restrict such innuendo, though I can’t quite see why they should be concerned about very mild sexual references like this.)
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