SILVERDALE — A Silverdale school is asking students not to wear bracelets that are intended to teach them about breast cancer.
The problem at Klahowya Secondary School is the message printed on the bracelets, “I love Boobies. Keep-A-Breast.”
Principal Ryan Stevens told The Kitsap Sun the “boobies” reference causes problems in classrooms when some students made inappropriate gestures. He also says some staff members who are breast cancer survivors find the bracelets offensive.
Sixteen-year-old student Brittany Indvik says it’s a good cause and the bracelet ban is a threat to her freedom of expression.
The bracelets come from the California nonprofit Keep-A-Breast Foundation.
Information from: Kitsap Sun, www.kitsapsun.com/
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