Kilt controversy nearly keeps johnston county teen from attending his prom

[IsaacW]

I think a couple large points here are that kilts were not necessarily in violation of any dress code. Other articles mention that there was confusion and they did not know how to handle the situation as pants were not "required." It states : "You may enjoy wearing a tuxedo, but it is not necessary for this event. Dress pants,shirt, and tie are perfectly acceptable. Avoid jeans, shorts, sagging pants, or t-shirts

Basically it states that dressing nicely is what is wanted and gives suggestions. The only "avoidable" items are jeans, shorts, sagging pants, and t-shirts. The chaperones, not knowing how to handle this, simply considered it a dress and then stated that the length was too short for an acceptable dress.

The other important point that should be noted is that the "prom" stated that they will not change their dress code for the future.

IW