Children of Paralyzed Afghan Veteran Punished for Wearing Pro-Military T-Shirts to School

The family of a paralyzed Afghanistan veteran is going head-to-head with a Texas school district over pro-military t-shirts that apparently landed two their elementary school children in trouble.

The shirts, which have the logo of an organization that provides homes and support for wounded veterans, apparently violate Masters Elementary School's dress code.

Josie Perez-Gorda, the mother of Savannah, a first-grader, and Taylor, a fourth-grader, said that her daughters were wearing shirts from the Homes For Our Troops organization. The family's connection to the group is a very personal one.

The group, with a self-proclaimed mission of "helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001," may be providing housing assistance to Perez-Gorda's family. Her husband, Army Spc. Justin Perez-Gorda, was injured when he encountered a road-side bomb in Afghanistan.

She explained this revelation in a recent interview with San Antonio's KENS:

The mother maintains that her girls should have been permitted to wear the shirts in honor of both their father and the organization without incident.

"These guys are fighting for our country and they should be able to wear something that honors their parents, especially if they are wounded," she said.

The school district, though, claims that the girls have been in trouble for violating dress regulations numerous times before. Additionally, a spokesperson for the Judson Independent School District emphasized the need for continuity. Currently, the dress code requires that students, grades pre-K through eighth, wear a Polo-styled shirt (any color is permissible) or a shirt with a college or JISD campus spirit logo.

"We do have a standardized dress code," proclaimed spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor. "We certainly support the military, but we do have to be consistent across the board when it comes to following the dress code."

Chancellor urged the family to attend a school board meeting if they wish to see the school's dress code amended.

(H/T: Fox News)