High School Bans Expensive Coats To ‘Poverty-Proof’ The School

Students are allowed to bundle up during the winter, but only if they do so cheaply, says a high school in northwestern England.

The school sent a letter to parents in early November warning them that expensive coats would no longer be allowed. The headteacher of Woodchurch High School in Birkenhead said the ban would take effect after Christmas and the school was “mindful that some young people put pressure on their parents to purchase expensive items of clothing,” according to CNN.