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Slacks or sweats? Uniform controversy at Royal West Academy
Royal West Academy in Montreal West, over the strict observance of its uniform policy.The public high school is run much like a private school; students write entrance exams and wear uniforms.However, when students returned to school in the fall, the school had a shortage of uniforms. So the policy was relaxed, and many students wore non-regulation clothing to school while uniform stocks were replenished.But the relaxed uniform quickly got out of hand, with students turning up in colourful clothing that stood out against the more staid grey-and-white uniform.“We don’t want kids coming in wearing green or purple or any other sweatshirt that doesn’t form part of the school uniform,” said David Stolow, chair of the Royal West Academy governing