Parents, students upset over ‘frayed’ jeans at West High School

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Outside the Victoria school district administration building, about 20 parents and students stood Thursday night with jeans dangling over their arms. They were heated, and not just because of the early-evening sun.

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Charlotte County Schools: ‘No Ban on Skinny Jeans’

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Charlotte Court House, VA – School officials in Charlotte County say it’s not true.. skinny jeans have not been banned. But, the misunderstanding had some students fired up.

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Jeans theft mum wins jail appeal – Video

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A Co Tyrone single mother has won her appeal against being jailed for stealing a £10 pair of jeans. – Video available

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Family’s distress at jeans jail term

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The family of a single mum jailed for stealing a £10 pair of jeans have told UTV they’ll do everything they can to get her released.

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£10 jeans jail term before Assembly

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The Justice Minister has been asked to determine if a similar sentence for a “relatively minor crime” has been handed out before, after a Strabane mother was jailed for stealing a £10 pair of jeans.

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Two armed men rob Oak Hill pub

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two men forced a woman to the ground and tied her hands behind her back while robbing a Fayette County pub at gunpoint Monday night, Oak Hill police say. At about 10:30 p.m. Monday, a man wearing jeans and a dark hooded jacket knocked …

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Sharon’s PSSA Scores Change Dress Code

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SHARON, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania school board will let students wear jeans and some colors previously forbidden under a dress code as a reward for improved scores on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams. The Sharon High School Class of 2011 is was the first group of 11th graders to make “adequate yearly progress” on the achievement tests since the No Child Left Behind Act …

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Steelhammer: When it comes to your weight, chalk it up to bad jeans

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When it comes to being overweight, youve got to draw the line somewhere. For the past 10 or 12 years, Ive drawn it at 38, the posted waistline measurement of my jeans. Sure, a 36-inch waistline makes more sense as the unofficial borderline between norma…

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Wearing jeans more than just a casual dress day at Linton-Stockton

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Wearing jeans on Fridays at one local school is about more than just casual dress day. Project Hope is not only bringing hope to some Linton-Stockton students it’s also giving teachers, staff and administration something to look forward to.

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Supply lists, story: Lessons in back-to-school spending

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NEW YORK Shopping for back-to-school items for your elementary school children, but afraid of a fight in the jeans aisle Parents who hope to keep a lid on spending can soften the edge by planning the back-to-school budget with kids, shopping together and teaching them how to separate needs from wants and how to tell whats a good deal.

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