finally some truth>??Spirit week, although should remain tasteful should be about expression. Any imposed "theme" is a control issue nothing more or less. Especially if this is not a school that requires uniforms. I thought we were born into the freedoms that being an American provides. High school spirit week, especially for seniors are monumental. If it's stays pg-13 let them rock it! You only live once.

I think those girls look adorable! Really? Much ado about nothing.

The problem with this story is that it leaves out a few essential details. Number one, two sports teams in the past three weeks have dressed in the same manner with no consequences. Number two, senior spirit days in the past have been incredibly inappropriate including "Walk of Shame Day" and "Jersey Shore." Number three, some of the students who were pulled out of class for wearing the senior dress up theme, were wearing more clothes than other students wear on a regular basis to school.

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It's embarrassing the Nicolet administration is making such a big deal out of nothing.

Sarah, if you're going to write the news (if this is news for that matter), get the facts.

You leave out some things in your article. As a Nicolet senior I was there today to see what happened first hand. The day was LAX bros and preppy hoes but the girls looked far from "hoes" their skirts were of appropriate length and they looked like girls that go to any uniform school. The administration handled the situation poorly. They stood at the from of the school and any girl that was wearing a skirt was sent to the detention room for "inspection". 99% of the girls passed. But the problem starts that very senior class in the past years have done 10x worse and administration let it slide. CEOs and office hoes, Jersey shore, morning after, walk of shame. Those days girls were wearing very inappropriate attire (bottom of their butts showing, cleavage, what you would expect of a Ho), but Nicolet just looked the other way. We as seniors want to keep the tradition going for seniors to do their own spirit days. It's not right for a public school to dictate what students can and cannot wear especially if its not vulgar or discriminatory.

These kids really don't understand what they're supposed to be doing at Nicolet. The faculty have only around 180 days a year to try and cram while other schools have 240 days to learn the material, and let's face it, schools that have smaller summer breaks and longer days score better and are able to take the time to teach students all at their own speed. Nicolet students will be competing in the global job market with these same students.

Any disruptions, such as this, is another day lost, and possibly another job.

By the looks of that picture, those skirts are more than long enough. Nicolet is going down hill and has been for years. Depue's comment on the last two years homecoming's being acceptable is a lie. Every year he gets upset and that's the seniors' mission. It's been a tradition for years for the upperclassmen to blatantly lie to the administration about what they are going to wear and they make a G-Rated term for these scandalous days. The girls are only being punished because they chose to call their outfits "hoes" for the day. Their outfits were appropriate, the name was not. Depue will punish any student he can in an effort to make himself look like he is actually getting s*** done for once. Why is the student council president being suspended and taken away from tennis team and study council because everyone else chose to dress a certain way? It was their choice. Every year there is a ____ bros and ____ hoes day and they choose now of all times to punish probably the most well behaved, sweetest president the school has ever had. Wow Nicolet, you never cease to amaze me. Keep it up class of 2013, class of 2012 is right with ya.

The water balloon fight was just that a water balloon fight. About 30 seniors were in the parking lot having the fight and only two ppl got suspended. One for a water gun and the other for throwing a water balloon.

Depue said students will be sent home if they wear anything country Western related. So plaid shirts, cowboy boots, and jeans are prohibited for students.

Another student today got suspended because he told Depue that he was "handling the situation poorly"

The student council president was wrongfully suspended today for planning out the spirit week. We as seniors collaborated on the day so she was the only one. She should not be suspended out of all people. Straight A student, honor and AP classes, not the type of girl that should ever get suspended.

last year they did "a walk of shame". girls came to school in spankies and mens button down shirts. they looked more like "hoes" than they did this year. nicolet administration has gotten WAY out of hand this year. why didnt kids get in this much trouble last year? a walk of shame. the day after you have sex... how is that not as "disruptive"? last year those booties were haning out heellllllaaalot more than this year.

Hi my name is (see above) and I was an alumni of 2012. My quarrel is not with the girls in the picture but simply with the ethics of students at the school. There were so many ways that this could have been avoided by the students, but the problem is that a majority of students at Nicolet lack the ability to take responsibility. Instead of simply accepting the fact that they made a dumb decision, they blame it on the school faculty. It brings a tear to my eye to see such a lovely school sullied by such nonsense.

There most likely was some serious disruption/serious loss of train of thought that day ..That is, for the male academia staff @ Nicolet.

I'm sure it made their day and then some. Nothing wrong with the way these girls are dressed, that is. unless they took their cue from Basic Instinct w/ those skirts which would have only derailed that many more trains that day when they were sitting in class.

Now, if these young ladies had paired those skirts w/ fishnet stockings, then they should have been expelled immediately for the tackiness alone. Though, I'm sure more than a few male staff would have had even bigger smiles on their faces, if at all possible.

Andrew Benson-

Time to pull out the bible and recite a few verses

Yesterday was toga day and boys were not allowed to have a bare chest under their toga's ( anybody ever watch Sparticus?). While I hear plenty of good things about Nicolet, but this whole bit seems absurd ... Talk about a nanny state. Come on, Man!

The more I learn of the day's events, the more I think that the administration is overreacting. These are great kids in a great school; why impose what feels like a lockdown? A little tame rebellion is what kids remember fondly about high school. What will anyone learn from an unfair suspension, other than to distrust authority?

The administration making a big deal of common teenaged tomfoolery is what disrupts the school day and several school days thereafter more than anything else. The notion that one day in the school year in which students dress in a somewhat risqué manner is some horrific event that prevents students from learning and teachers from teaching is just preposterous.

If you don't want kids acting in an overtly sexually manner, then stop repressing them constantly and stop contributing to a culture of materialism, objectivism, and idealization that confuses and contorts people's definitions of what healthy, self-respecting behavior is. If you're unwilling to do that then don't be surprised when hormonal young people "act out". You simply fuel the fire when you crack down on the byproducts of the culture you helped to create and maintain.

The administration is really skilled at behaving like this is 1959. No wonder most kids are resentful of their authority figures, they don't seem to have a clue what era they're in, and they certainly don't seem to know anything about the generations of kids they're dealing with. Get over it people, growing up is complicated and dramatic. Help kids grow and adapt if you really want to create a better learning environment. The administration pretty much ignores students until they become a nuisance at which point it simply doles out punishment without opening up for discussion.

Our school by no means operates under this "summer of love" archetypal high school experience. Our school has very little school spirit, we are focused on college, challenging classes, and after school activities. The ONE week a year our school participates in spirit activities we
are reprimanded for wearing skirts that in fact were not revealing.Please remember that you were all once high school students, many of you in the 70s when much of the attire would now be considered innapropriate and the behavior illegal. Additionally, this news site is producing articles that are incredibly biased and quite frankly sound like the ramblings of a group of gossipy mothers who yearn for their high school days.

Ya know, Andrew, you sure ain't "true to your school". (Andrew Benson, Nicolet class of 2012). Did you really hate last year as a senior so bad?

Don't hate on my friend Andrew, he's entitled to his opinion. If you take issue with what he says respond intelligently and to his specific claims. If you can't do that then go back to doing your homework or call of duty or whatever it is you're not bad at doing in life.

Nicolet needs spirit. When the Seniors try to "liven up" the halls during the one week of the entire year that Nicolet decides to be spirited, I commend them. If anyone looks at the pictures on facebook or even the picture above, you can clearly see that the girls were only dressing up as what a typical girl from say DSHA or St. Eugines would dress as. Having the "new management" at nicolet all of a sudden impose these rules that kids aren't allowed freedom of expression anymore is wrong. Good on ya seniors for having the guts to try to get the school a little more spirited. Just wait until you see what happens next....

Nicolet needs spirit. When the Seniors try to "liven up" the halls during the one week of the entire year that Nicolet decides to be spirited, I commend them. If anyone looks at the pictures on facebook or even the picture above, you can clearly see that the girls were only dressing up as what a typical girl from say DSHA or St. Eugines would dress as. Having the "new management" at nicolet all of a sudden impose these rules that kids aren't allowed freedom of expression anymore is wrong. Good on ya seniors for having the guts to try to get the school a little more spirited. Just wait until you see what happens next....

Zzzzzzzz

The outfits were absolutely appropriate. No question. Nicolet admin is upset because the seniors do their own special dress up days. Really, Mr DePue, you and administration approve all of the special senior dress up days? Did you approve "walk of shame day" last year? That seems more offensive than wearing a perfectly respectable plaid skirt and button down blouse? It appears that Nicolet admin. has so many good kids that they have to find things to cause an uproar about.

Were any of the Lax Bros sent to the detention room to have their outfits evaluated, or did they just target the girls wearing lovely plaid skirts, button down blouses, and sweaters?

Boys were told to remove sunglasses & take off hats. Because kids dressed like superheroes is not a disruption (Thursday's theme), but kids in hats is bad.

As one of these girls that were dressed like this...it was pointless to even send us to the office just to have us go right back to class 30 mins after. They took it to far this year because of these new vice principal that's the only reason. she didn't have a problem with the dress code at mps so why should she have a problem now? My skirt was long enough.If my mom didn't have a problem with it then why should they? and as far as distracting noone did anything to distract people but the administraction taking this to far hahaha

In many other schools districts, the arm's length test for skirts is common and enforced. It starts in the middle schools so that it is not a surprise in high school. And if schools are consistent, there is no issue. This has nothing to do with free expression - I cannot have free expression at my workplace if I dressed beyond what is in the dress code. It has happened to many people who stretch 'casual days' and I work at a very professional workplace. I agree that Nicolet has very little school spirit but this is an odd way to express it through a special senior dress up day. That does not invoke school spirit - actually being part of your community, events, and not attacking each other invokes school spirit. Consistency is the issue. It is like if you go over speed limit, a police can stop you even if other people are speeding because you broke the rule. You don't like it because you feel picked on - but bottom line, you broke the rule. I agree that the administration was over reacting but, in a sense, they could cite the rule. It is not a good way to try to get control, but it is within their rights. Personally, I would not let my kids participate in the 'walk of shame' day but that is me. Nicolet has many issues - it is one of the reasons that we moved out of the district before our kids were of high school age. I think that the lack of unity as one district is a starting point.

My daughter is in one of the pictures. Her skirt was down to her knees, no cleavage showing, with a loose sweater over the top. The disruption was in the administration taking her out of class. If only a few were inappropriate, then call the few in. So tired of the many being punished for what the few choose to do. In looking at the pictures on this site, I do not see any of the other girls dressed inappropriately or any different than they dress on other days. As far as suspending the Class President, I am so very sad for her, she is ranked #1 at Nicolet, puts in 100's of hours at Nicolet, trying to make it a better place to go to school. I am not a fan of the "hoe" part of this dress up day. That is why my child went as a "preppy girl" and left the "hoe" out of it, as did the majority of the girls. Again, punish the few, leave the rest alone.

@Sarah Worthman:

I don't know if the Patch is biased because I don't bother to read it. However, I agree with what most other people are saying: this article should not have been written. Set aside the fact that this is an exemplary piece of sensationalist journalism for the moment. Let's examine what this piece will accomplish:
1) It will rustle the feathers/jimmies of all of the more conservative parents/members of the Fox Point community. They'll think ,"Good gracious, look at those kids! They're wild and out of control!"
2) It will concern some other parents that the administration is being inconsistent and has no real clue about how to deal with the being that is a teenager.
3) It will tick off all of the students, adding fuel to the fire of the resentment towards The Administration that holds back their "free will and spirit".
4) It will cause the administration to come home after a long day of work, read the paper and go "Oh sh**. Now it's all over the news. This is turning into an even bigger mess".
5) It will cause the rest of us, myself included, to read the article and laugh AT the whole situation. It really is funny, none of this ever changes.

So please, Sarah, think before you write. I'm sure they taught you that while you got your Journalism degree.

Sincerely,
an alum

Why is "evil" so much more fun than good? Hey you High School rebels...why not say: "Ill show you, I'm going to help the elderly!" LOL

The girls in the picture look adorable! The Class President should NOT be suspended, as I doubt she dressed the offending students. It offends me that she has been singled out.

I don't see an issue with the article being written. It clearly is a hot topic in the community. The article did not cause the news to happen, and did not incite students or parents to a reaction. As a parent I already knew what was happening, and having the article and subsequent comments gives me more information about the administration's actions and the community's reactions. What is wrong with that? The students have plenty of other ways to share information about this topic among themselves, but the Patch gives them a forum to explain their actions and feelings to the community.

Rowly, why do you feel that it is a journalist's responsibility to protect the administration from the community's reaction to their actions?

I really don't understand the problem with the kids dressing up as airports and garden tools.

As a Nicolet alum who got sent home on the supposed "CEOs and Office Hoes" day in 2010 for wearing high heels, while my classmates wore way more provocative clothes on a normal school day, I can honestly say that the Nicolet administration has lost sight of the real world. There are more serious problems at Nicolet, and yet those issues are ignored and girls in plaid skirts are being subjected to "inspections." Frankly, DePue is wasting his, and everyone else's time, as he does every spirit week.
Side note, I have always found the Nicolet dress code to be incredibly sexist as it implies that any woman wearing a skirt, or in my case high heels, must be a slut. The male students of Nicolet have never gotten sent home for inappropriate dress. It is simply perpetuating gender stereotypes/roles, and a school like Nicolet should be aware of this.
Another side note, this article reminds me of why I am so glad to be out of that school system.

I am a parent of one of the girls who was held out of class for 30 minutes. When she left the house she was dressed "preppy" and I thought she looked very cute and appropriate. Her skirt was obviously within the dress code guidelines as were 99% of the other girls. I do not know why girls were singled out and not the boys, maybe the dress code allows them to wear hats and sunglasses. I do know that the president of their class is a wonderful girl and only wanted to continue school traditions. My daughter shared this girl's postings from facebook and she encouraged only appropriate behavior for the students while expressing their school spirit. She should not be punished and I am hoping that she is in the process of getting some good legal counsel. She did not push any traditions that did not have precedence. This year was certainly more appropriate than the "walk of shame" last year which did not get punished. She is only guilty of being a great leader and a wonderful hard working person.

Preppy Hoes? Really?

As a graduate of Nicolet in the 70's I can assure you we actually dressed much worse on a daily basis with no event needed. Walk of shame? Really? Plenty were doing that anyway. Most of us from previous generations of graduating classes turned out pretty good. Let the kids be kids for heavens sake. If this is the worst thing they do - be grateful!

What makes me mad is they expected 1 senior to tell the rest of the seniors not do something... knowing my classmates they would've never listened to her. Seriously people are getting punished for nothing!! Yeah it was bull**** what some students did but not everyone needs to be punished!

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I suspect the administration is taking out their Walker frustrations and election losses on the kids.

The "disruptions" reported by the admin on Fri were in direct retaliation to the suspension of the student council president on Wed. In their words, she "spearheaded mass insubordination" by having seniors participate in a "lax bros and preppy hoes" themed spirit day. What they fail to mention is that similarly, slightly sexually suggestive-themed spirit days exclusive to the senior class have been a part of NHS' homecoming tradition ever since anyone old enough to remember going to NHS can remember (myself included). Previous days included CEO bros and secretary hoes, Jersey Shore, Walk of shame; they've never been officially sanctioned but have gone on for years.

The only difference is that this year someone new didn't like this de facto tradition and instead placed the blame of the entire tradition on the stuco president. Her punishment was on par with that of a minor drug violation.

On Thu, the majority of the NHS student body showed up to school in black in silent protest of her suspension. The Fri "disruptions" then, though taken way too far, are not as random as the admin presents.

The entire NHS student body has been made to look like misbehaving hooligans, when in fact they were only demonstrating discontent with admin's draconian hand. Clearly the vandalism went too far. But it's also clear that NHS admin is not one that supports independent thought among their students.

On Thu, administrators were overheard communicating on their walkie-talkies: "The rebellion is wearing black." Seriously, NHS admins? Get a grip.

Nicolet you SUCK!