This is the dress code for our school district (thankfully it went in to effect 2 years after my DD graduated):
STUDENT UNIFORM AND GROOMING 7.303
Appropriate dress is the primary responsibility of the student and his/her parent or guardian. In order to promote safety, personal hygiene, academic well-being, and moral development, students shall be expected to comply with reasonable requirements relating to dress, grooming and personal appearance. Students are expected to come to school in dressed appropriately with proper attention having been given to personal cleanliness, grooming, and neatness of dress.
The following is the dress code for grades K-12
except students at Margaret K. Lewis, New Horizons Learning Center, and Tom P. Haney Technical Center.
The dress code policy applies from the time the student arrives on campus until the end of the school day and at all school activities during the school day. Exceptions may be made by the principal for field trips or other special activities:
Tops:
1. Polo/golf shirt with collar and buttons or
2. collared dress shirt with sleeves (no cap sleeves) (underarm must be covered) or
3. turtlenecks, or in grades K-5 T-shirts - all tops must be unaltered
4. School approved T-shirts (club, spirit, etc) - unaltered
Maximum of 3 color (white and 2 colors to be determined by the School Advisory Committee - SAC)
Club and activity shirts not in school colors must be a nationally recognized school sponsored organization, i.e. Key Club, National Honor Society, etc.
Must be a solid school color except for school approved shirts
Small manufacturers trade mark is acceptable
Must be tucked in for grades 6-12
Students may layer their tops; however, all visible tops must be in the designated colors. Tops worn as undergarments must be in designated school colors.
Bottoms:
Belts must be worn if the pants have belt loops
Belts must be traditional and must be worn in loops and pants shall be unaltered
Bottoms can be khaki, navy blue or plain blue jeans
No large pocket style pants or shorts, no bell bottoms, no baggy pants, no hip huggers, no holes, no carpenter pants and no overalls (6-12 only)
No shorts, skirts or dresses shorter than five inches (5") above the knee caps as measured standing up, (K5 students may wear jumpers)
Dresses with sleeves (underarm must be covered) must be one of the schools chosen colors and a solid color
Small manufacturers trade mark is acceptable
Shoes:
Closed toes and closed backs
Sandals with back or back strap for grades K-5 only
No bedroom shoes
Sweaters/Sweatshirts:
Sweaters/sweatshirts/hoodies for grades K-12 if school approved
Must be one of the 3 approved colors
Must be solid color (unless school approved spirit or club)
Note: School approved means clothing carries school logo and is in school colors.
Other:
No scarves
No head wear except sunglasses. Hats or other sun-protective wear to only be worn while students are outdoors during school hours (not during class changes); however, at all other times, the sun-protective items must be properly stored by the student in pockets, purse, locker or backpack
No jewelry or accessory that may be used as weapons such as chains or spiked jewelry
Jackets/Coats must have either buttons, zippers or snaps that are from top to bottom. Jackets can be any color. Jackets may be worn in the classroom at the discretion of the teacher.
Students participating in extracurricular activities shall conform to the standards of this policy while attending classes during the regular school day. Cheerleaders may wear their uniforms when required for
participation in school sanctioned activities. Athletes may wear the team jerseys on game days with appropriate uniform bottoms.
No bedroom clothes.
Exceptions to wearing the uniform are permitted when:
A student wears a uniform of a nationally recognized youth organization, such as the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, on regular meeting days;
A student wears a costume, special clothing or dress attire necessary for participation in a school-sponsored or extracurricular activity provided the clothing complies with District policy.
The wearing of a uniform violates a students sincerely held religious belief. Students enrolled in special programs such as on-the-job vocational training, or participating in school activities which require additional standards of dress or grooming shall comply with such additional standards. When applicable,
students shall be required to dress out and wear physical education uniforms prescribed by the school.
Students whose school zone was changed by the school board will be allowed to wear the previous schools color as well as the present schools colors for the 2009-2010 school year.
Discipline for violating this policy shall be as follows:
First and second offense consequences are: notification of parent or guardian; change of inappropriate attire;
Consequences for subsequent offenses may include one or more of the following at the discretion of the principal:
A. notification of parent or guardian;
B. change of inappropriate attire;
C. one to three days of in-school or out-of-school suspension;or
D. three days after school detention, if available.
The fourth and subsequent offenses are willful disobedience which will result in further disciplinary action, which may include out of school suspension or expulsion;
Any absence resulting from a violation of the Student Dress Code will be considered an unexcused absence.
Any interpretation of the dress code that is required of this policy shall be the responsibility of the principal of each school. The Superintendent is authorized to make the final decision regarding the interpretation, application and enforcement of this policy and to make certain that it is being uniformly applied and enforced at each of the schools within the District.
Effective Date:
This Revised Policy # 7.303 shall become effective
on August 1, 2006 and shall replace in full the
current Policy # 7.303 on the said date.
Authority: §1001.41, Fla. Stat.
Law Implemented: §§1001.43, 1006.07, Fla. Stat.
History: New, June 12, 1989
Revised: July 24, 1997; November 17, 1998; June 13, 2001;
January 25, 2006; September 13, 2006; April 25, 2007;
September 12, 2007; June 24, 2009
Each school has 2 color polos + white polos that they can wear. This year the school district closed a couple schools and so those students will be going to other schools. They are going to allow those students to wear their old polos for this year only. After that, they will be required to wear the proper polos for their new school.
They went with "uniforms" because the dress code was not working. There were guys who would still wear their pants below their butt, with a long shirt over it.
(gotta love studies). In our kids' old school they wanted to institute a uniform-some of the parents did that is. I was on the school board at the time and it was really funny to hear them pull out all this dress/performance data because then I pointed out that 100% of our 8th graders passed the state graduation testing requirements (Catholic K-8 school). We asked them to share with us what more the uniform would improve? It really came down to the fact that they were tired of fighting with their kids over what they were wearing in the morning (the kids wanted to we wear jeans and t-shirts like the rest of the school and mommy wanted to dress them up like little dolls).
thank goodness our schools don't have dress codes like some of yours or I would have to homeschool!! My 9 year old daughter just had the bottom 3 inches of her hair dyed blue- and even her grandma says it looks really cute!
