ELMIRA, Ore. (AP) — School officials in an Elmira high school have banned cancer awareness bracelets that say “I (heart) Boobies.”
The Eugene Register-Guard reports that school officials say that the intent of the bracelets is admirable, but that probably the message is lost on the most of the students wearing them: ninth grade boys.
Principal Gary Carpenter also said the bracelets are a distraction.
The bracelet are sold by the California-based nonprofit Keep A Breast Foundation, which works to educate young people about breast cancer.
Other schools districts have banned the bracelets as well.
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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com
