School bans 'expensive' jackets due to 'poverty shaming' of students - The College Fix"A school in the United Kingdom has forbade students from wearing “expensive” jackets because doing so may “poverty shame” other students.
A letter sent by officials from Woodchurch High School in Merseyside informed parents that “pupils will not be permitted to bring in Canadian [sic] Goose and Monclair [sic] coats after the Christmas break.”
Such garb can cost up to $900, according to Reason.
The Independent reports that according to headteacher Rebekah Phillips, parents had asked for the prohibition:
“We are very concerned about the fact that our children put a lot of pressure on parents to buy them expensive coats,” she said. Pupils were attending classes in coats that cost up to £700, she said, adding “a lot of parents at our school cannot afford that”..."
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