He saw social media posts earlier this week showing boys wearing skirts at schools on Montreal's South Shore, and decided to organize something in his class. "A lot of the teachers say 'watch out, your skirt is too short, the boys are going to get distracted'," Cosentino told CBC. "He was basically bashing us for trying to find equality in the school," Cosentino said. "They're doing this for a good cause that's justifiable, and there's nothing in our rules that prohibits boys from wearing skirts," Bowles said. The school does have a rule that restricts female students from wearing skirts higher than five centimetres above the knee.

Source: CBC News October 08, 2020 22:30 UTC