Thank you, Irish4Life09, GreatDayne, and dshans, (everyone following dshans, also).
I have a local view of the story, living just west of the TPS district, and I have an inside view with experience as an educator. I can state unequivocally that the other comments (other than those I delineated above) I have seen about this story on this thread are horsesh it. I mean pure garbage. Not that I have an opinion about anything.
Here is the lowdown. Toledo always had a large ethnic Irish population. Toledo has always traditionally had a large Catholic population, (as high as 45 to 50 percent). During my childhood, many were both Irish and Buckeye fans. One of the local Catholic high schools (Central Catholic) shows the schizophrenia the best: Nicknamed the Fighting Irish, their colors are Scarlet and Grey. So wearing ND gear at an Ohio State/Michigan game party has always been acceptable local behavior.
Woody Hayes recognized this phenomenon all over the state, which is why he never scheduled a game with Notre Dame. Also, he claimed to be the Notre Dame’s best recruiter. He oft stated that if he knew he wasn’t getting a player, he would really chat up the Irish, good education and all, and even make some connections, so that way he wouldn’t have to worry about Michigan getting the player!
Also, for those of you not from the area, you may have missed it in your history books. The only other war between the states was the Toledo War, between Ohio and Michigan. There were several stabbings, several bada ss bar fights, and a couple of skirmishes across open water, beyond musket range. Why? Because some drunken surveyor made an error in Indiana, (which resulted in an eight-mile discrepancy when you followed his line east to Lake Erie.) Both sides claimed Toledo for the port and though Michigan got the UP as an appeasement, the hard feelings never went away. They actually translated nicely to college football. That is why the traditionally “most viewed” college rivalry is the Buckeyes and the Wolverines.
Back to this incident. TPS is a failing school district. It is horrendous. And like everything else in Toledo, there is no one to blame but ourselves. Reports state that Toledo is now eighth poorest city in the United States! It didn’t get that way by accident.
With this incident, you had a dumb-*** administrator making a big issue about something stupid. It doesn’t matter and is not worthy of note, other than for three simple points. This kind of stupidity is exactly what got us (as a town and a nation) into such deep trouble. Certain Toledo authorities, as well as members of the national media have an incredible anti-Irish bias. It is amazing that in a week a substitute teacher was fired from another Toledo high school (Start) for choking a student to unconsciousness in a submission hold, this story got all of the ink.
In the Toledo Blade, you may, (occasionally) see a Notre Dame score reported, rarely an article with any substance. You have an idiot (administrator) being encouraged, with all kinds of attention. The administration is able to cover up their gross negligence by having superfluous issues like this distracting us from a story that shows the dangerous level of incompetence we had accepted for our children. All this, and no one respect our Irish? (My Irish?) It almost breaks my heart!
Finally, if you notice, the young lady was dressed neatly and was a credit to the Irish Nation. And oh yeah, this is a sports site. Can you believe some canker would take a story like this and try to make a political issue out of it? That is just the overarching stupidity the people (the ones from both sided of the isle) that run all that mess count on, to get away with the crap they (all) have pulled for decades. And that is what has ruined towns like Toledo.
TPS is a dying school district, she should get the hell out. However our schools President was an Ohio State alumnus and outlawed Notre Dame gear too, what an *******. 
