17 Students
Detained In
Protest Against
Use Of Tight
Pants
An order by the
principal
banning the use
of tight pants
was the motive
behind the
dispute of the
students of the
Liceo Vargas
Calvo in San
Pedro, that
escalated to a
full scale riot,
ending up in the
detention of 17
students.
 
Throwing stones,
including
exploding home
made bombs,
forced the
Fuerza Pública
to respond.
The school
principal,
Abraham Barboza,
was forced to
call in the
police when a
group of
students who did
not show up for
a social studies
test, remained
outside the
school and began
to throw stones.
Barboza said the
problem of
banning the use
of tight pants
is not new. The
principal said
he ordered the
ban some three
months ago, but
only this week
made an appeal
to the parents
and for their
commitment to
have their
children wear
the school
uniform
properly.
The violence
escalated when
police tried to
disperse the
group, damaging
one police
patrol car and
one of the
vehicles of a
television news
team on the
scene covering
the story.
Police officials
had to endure
the constant
pelting of
stones.
Taking part in
the protest were
also youths not
attending the
school.
This not the
first incident
of students
using violence
to protest a
school
directive.
In November last
year, students
burned the car
of the principal
of the colegio
de Bananito de
Limón. Also in
2009, fights
broke out
between rival
students of the
liceos de Costa
Rica and Calle
Falla, resulting
in the arrest of
10 students.
In 2007, the
Liceo Roberto
Gamboa en San
Rafael abajo de
Desamparados was
the scene of
disturbances
when the school
principal was
pelted with
rocks.
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