Two shades of blue are a problem for West St. Mary, Boudreaux

CENTERVILLE — A unique uniform problem has some people singing the West St. Mary blues.

The issue came up at Thursday’s St. Mary School Board meeting in Centerville. It arises from the fact that West St. Mary High and B.E. Boudreaux Middle share a campus.

The school uniform shirt color for West St. Mary is called Carolina blue. Boudreaux’s shirts are also blue, but they’re navy.

The trouble is that Carolina blue shirts can be tough to find. So the School Board allowed white shirts to be worn by West St. Mary students.

But white is also an acceptable color at Boudreaux, and that raises a security concern for middle school Principal Alexis Rack.

The School Board extended its exemption for white shirts for West St. Mary students on Thursday. But, because only West St. Mary was on the meeting agenda, the advice from legal counsel was that a fix for Boudreaux will have to wait until the next meeting.