Calif. District Agrees To Allow Women To Wear Slacks

For a year and a half, teacher Roxanne Pittman had asked to exercise a wardrobe option available to millions of American women every day. But until last week, school officials in her Southern California district skirted the issue she raised and continued to forbid pants on women teachers in three schools.

No longer. The Pomona Unified School District has agreed to suspend parts of the dress code at the three schools, allowing all female teachers and students the option of wearing slacks. The decision came after a settlement of Ms. Pittman's lawsuit against the district late last month that allowed her to wear pants at Yorba Elementary School, where she teaches.

After the drawn-out trousers tussle, Ms. Pittman can now rest easy--as well as keep warm on the job, climb ladders to reach the top of bulletin boards without a second thought, and reduce...