colts jersey gets student in trouble

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Saturday, February 06, 2010 By Jeff Adelson

St. Tammany bureau

Brandon Frost was bedecked in his favorite NFL player's jersey Friday as he stepped into his first-period English class at Maurepas High School in Livingston Parish.

But before the 17-year-old senior could even take a seat among his similarly attired classmates, the school's principal swept in, called Frost into the hallway and told him to change his shirt or hit the road. Frost chose the latter.

The problem? While all his classmates were wearing black and gold to support the Saints as they prepare for the Super Bowl, Frost was wearing the enemy blue of the Indianapolis Colts.

For the student, his family and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Principal Steve Vampran's decision to send Frost packing is a fundamental question of fairness: On a day when students were allowed to trade their normal school uniforms for Saints' garb, why couldn't Frost show support for his preferred team?

"If they can wear their jerseys, I should be able to wear mine," he said.

Frost, who lived in Indiana before moving to Maurepas three years ago, described his encounter with the principal as brief.

"He said, 'I don't recall telling you that you could wear a Colts' jersey,'" Frost said. Frost said he tried to protest and pointed out he was just showing support for a team in the same manner at his classmates.

But, according to Frost, Vampran replied: "If you like Indiana so much, why don't you go back?"

Vampran could not be reached for comment. But Livingston Parish School Board member Keith Martin, who represents the Maurepas schools, said he feels both parties were somewhat in the wrong. Frost shouldn't have disobeyed Vampran's order that students could only wear their school uniforms or Saints attire, and the principal shouldn't have overreacted to the student's infraction.

Martin said that he spoke with Vampran on Friday and the principal was planning to bring Frost, described as a good student, to his office Monday so they could apologize to each other.

[lucky 13]

Lawsuits are so easy these days with dumbasssses!!

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I think they should have given the kid the chair.