<p>In a bizarre incident, a group of teenage boys in the UK went to school wearing skirts to protest a uniform policy after they were reprimanded for donning shorts on a sweltering hot day.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Four boys at the Longhill High School, in Brighton, East Sussex, wore skirts to school in protest after they were pulled up for wearing shorts.<br /><br />The 14-year-old pupils were punished for wearing shorts in a bid to keep cool on the hottest day of the year. In protest, the students decided to borrow from the girls' official uniform, The Mirror reported.<br /><br />Michael Parker, Kodi Ayling, George Boyland and Jesse Stringer were allowed to wear the pleated skirts as they are within the school's rules.<br /><br />They donned the skirts in protest of the school's decision to punish boys who wore school-issued shorts rather than trousers last Tuesday.<br /><br />On Tuesday -- the hottest day of the year -- around 20 boys wore Longhill-branded gym shorts.<br /><br />They were all punished by the secondary school as they were not wearing "regulation uniform".<br /><br />Some of the students were sent home and others were kept in isolation and excluded the following day.<br /><br />"It's not fair for boys to be roasting in black trousers on the hottest day of the year while the girls can wear skirts," Parker was quoted as saying.<br /><br />His mother Angela, said, "We're fully in support of the boys. I think what the headmistress is doing is discrimination and I'm extremely proud of Michael and his fellow protesters."<br /><br />Wesley Allen, Kodi's dad, said the school's decision to punish the boys for wearing shorts was "madness".<br /><br />"The shorts he had on have the school logo on them and I think should be allowed to wear them on hot days," he said.<br /><br />"I think it's madness. The boys have done this to prove a point and I think it's brilliant. I don't think Kodi will wear the skirt all summer but I do think he likes the attention," Allen said.<br /><br />Head teacher Kate Williams said, "I have high standards regarding uniform and in the warm weather, these high standards have been challenged by approximately two per cent of parents/students."<br /><br />"Four male students at Longhill High School chose to wear a skirt to school. Students can choose to wear any part of the agreed school uniform," she said.</p>
<p>In a bizarre incident, a group of teenage boys in the UK went to school wearing skirts to protest a uniform policy after they were reprimanded for donning shorts on a sweltering hot day.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Four boys at the Longhill High School, in Brighton, East Sussex, wore skirts to school in protest after they were pulled up for wearing shorts.<br /><br />The 14-year-old pupils were punished for wearing shorts in a bid to keep cool on the hottest day of the year. In protest, the students decided to borrow from the girls' official uniform, The Mirror reported.<br /><br />Michael Parker, Kodi Ayling, George Boyland and Jesse Stringer were allowed to wear the pleated skirts as they are within the school's rules.<br /><br />They donned the skirts in protest of the school's decision to punish boys who wore school-issued shorts rather than trousers last Tuesday.<br /><br />On Tuesday -- the hottest day of the year -- around 20 boys wore Longhill-branded gym shorts.<br /><br />They were all punished by the secondary school as they were not wearing "regulation uniform".<br /><br />Some of the students were sent home and others were kept in isolation and excluded the following day.<br /><br />"It's not fair for boys to be roasting in black trousers on the hottest day of the year while the girls can wear skirts," Parker was quoted as saying.<br /><br />His mother Angela, said, "We're fully in support of the boys. I think what the headmistress is doing is discrimination and I'm extremely proud of Michael and his fellow protesters."<br /><br />Wesley Allen, Kodi's dad, said the school's decision to punish the boys for wearing shorts was "madness".<br /><br />"The shorts he had on have the school logo on them and I think should be allowed to wear them on hot days," he said.<br /><br />"I think it's madness. The boys have done this to prove a point and I think it's brilliant. I don't think Kodi will wear the skirt all summer but I do think he likes the attention," Allen said.<br /><br />Head teacher Kate Williams said, "I have high standards regarding uniform and in the warm weather, these high standards have been challenged by approximately two per cent of parents/students."<br /><br />"Four male students at Longhill High School chose to wear a skirt to school. Students can choose to wear any part of the agreed school uniform," she said.</p>