U.S. Marines T-Shirt Puts Genoa in National Spotlight
By: Sabrina Santucci
Updated: February 27, 2013
Genoa- It's
the T-shirt that provoked controversy; a U.S. Marines t-shirt with two intersecting
guns across the front that got the student who was wearing it in trouble and
left others in disbelief.
Angelo
Pace's son is a Marine. Pace explains how he felt when he heard about what
happened, "Insulted. I was a little bit angry."
A
Genoa-Kingston
School District Superintendent Joe Brugess explains "had one of our administrators
known and been asked 'is this shirt okay?' it's the
But no one told administrators.
Instead,
the kid told his parents who took it to the internet where it went viral. MarineTimes
blog, Nothing But Truth blog, even FOX news completely catching school
officials by surprise.
Brugess
says "the father did not contact and the mother did not contact the school
district, whether it be the teacher, either principal, or myself that this had happened."
As a
Military Father Pace found the teacher's reaction to the t-shirt bewildering. "It's
supporting our men and women overseas. Just because it had rifles on it you
have to use some common sense," he explains.
Saying the incident hits home.
Pace
explains "even if he wasn't a marine I would probably be upset about this
because I've always tried to support our troops, but it just hits so close to
home."
Superintendent
Joe Burgess has heard a lot of comments like that and urges parents to reach
out. The

