Story highlights School in Exeter, England, has a dress code banning shortsSome teenage boys wear skirts to beat the heatLondon (CNN) As a record-breaking heat wave grips Britain, some teenage boys are protesting their school's "no shorts" policy by donning skirts instead. Students at the Isca Academy in Exeter, England, turned up at school Thursday wearing skirts after their head teacher wouldn't relax the dress code, which bans shorts. The teenagers argued it was just too hot to wear trousers as temperatures soared to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 27 C). Boys at Isca Academy in Exeter wear skirts to school in protest at not being allowed to wear shorts in hot weather. One boy, who helped organize the protest, told Devon Live that 50 to 75 boys were involved.

Source: CNN June 22, 2017 15:33 UTC