South metro students in trouble for T-shirt's naughty message

By PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune

Last update: May 27, 2008 - 7:38 AM

A naughty pun on a T-shirt has the junior class at Eagan High School in hot water.

School administrators have sent an e-mail to families objecting to the message on T-shirts ordered by juniors. It says: "Kiss Our Class Goodbye" -- 09.

The administrators say the students who proposed the shirt were told before ordering that it was improper.

"Therefore," the administration e-mail goes on to say, "if students wear these shirts to school it will be seen as willful insubordination and be treated as such."

Last week at Mankato East High School, students were asked to leave their senior T-shirts at home because administrators objected. Two young entrepreneurs are selling the shirts that feature a mock class motto -- "0.08 - We're over the limit" and images of drugs, a drinking game and a sex act. Seniors were told that wearing the shirts to school could mean suspension.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482