How Do School Dress Codes

Dress codes is a standard of clothing for school, office, club, or restaurant. Schools have dress codes to promote professionalism and a distraction-free learning environment. More standards of dressings are set in place for girls than males. This causes an unequal amount of bias towards women and sexism to occur in the dress code.

In April 2015, a Texas honors student was sent home for wearing yoga pants and an oversized shirt that covered her entire backside. In August, a Kentucky student was sent home for showing her collarbone. After her mother brought a scarf to cover her neck, the administration still deemed it “inappropriate.” In Indiana, a 12-year-old student was suspended and missed two days of class. The offense: tight pants. Other dress-code violations include baring shoulders, wearing a tank top, or exposing a bra strap. Should girls have to miss out on some of their education because of a collarbone or tight pants? These are parts of our bodies that are “distracting”. Should girls feel shamed about their bodies? However should school be an appropriate environment?

Girls shouldn't be punished just because a simple bra strap is showing or for wearing a pair of leggings to school. These sort of acts are deemed “distracting” to the boys in class just because a boy may so happen cast a glance in their direction. Now first and foremost, a boy is in class to learn and he should be worried about his education NOT what the girl beside him is wearing. Personally, leggings are comfortable and easy to just throw on when I’m running late or just want to be lazy for the day. In most schools, girls get in trouble for wearing leggings, even if her shirt covers her bottom. “I’ve never seen a boy called out for his attire, even though they also break the rules” (The Atlantic). If a school's dress code is going to be in effect, it needs to apply to ALL students, not just

Students all over the world are being bullied because of what they wear. Whether they wear the clothes to stand out or if it is related to their culture, bullies are going after them because they may look different than the average student. Dress codes are a great option for schools with reports of students being bullied because of what they wear. Dress codes are beneficial in schools by reducing bullying opportunities and promoting a more serious school atmosphere.

Currently, the student dress code in the 2015-2016 Payette High School (PHS) Handbook is completely vague. It mentions in depth dressing issues regarding hats and graphics on clothing. Now the exact wording regarding how much the body needs to be covered is, “Dress shall not disrupt or distract from the educational process.” As I discussed this issue with students that currently attended PHS, I noticed a correspondence among different stories. Due to the fact that there is not a specific dress code, different teachers have diverse interpretations of what disturbs the educational process. Another aspect of the dress policy includes, “Violations of dress code may result in removal from school until dress is appropriate.” Students, particularly female students, express

How many times have you heard of a child being sent home due to their outfit? In so many towns and cities there is ridiculous dress codes. Most of the dress codes are directed towards females. These rules somewhat make them feel as if they have to hid their bodies so they won’t distract men. High school dress codes are detrimental to all student’s confidence outside and inside the classroom.

"I just feel like [the dress code] needs to be explained better, like they need to do a better job of presenting it to us, instead of just saying we can wear crew necks and then taking us out of class if we wear our crew necks," (Tori Taylor). This quote is a perfect example of how dress codes are not properly executed in schools all across America. Varying depending on school, dress codes can be confusing and extremely hard to navigate. Girls all over the country have been forced to take time out of their day to change or even leave the school, because of shirts they’ve worn a thousand times before. If there is a shirt that supposedly breaks dress code, a girl should be reprimanded every single time she wears it, right? Wrong. This is because

School was once designed more for girls than boys until here recently. School is now designed with boys in mind more than girls because girls have a lower standing point but they have higher expectations.

“Cleanliness, neatness, modesty, decency, and appropriateness in dressing are important values which reflect an individual dignity and sobriety through which students of every university represent their status as learned scholars” (Omojuwa, 2014, p. 1). The issue of school dress codes and uniforms is relevant in today’s society because it affects nearly everyone since everyone goes through some sort of schooling. The issue of dress codes particularly affects the students, the parents, and the school faculty. Students are constantly wearing new fashion trends that may be distracting in the learning environment. This issue relates to social justice because the implementation of uniforms diminishes socioeconomic differences. Uniforms create equality and a sense of unity despite identity and cultural differences within the school community. Uniforms teach students to look beyond themselves and focus on how they can serve others. Dress codes and uniforms uphold the value of modesty. I believe that schools should enforce at least a dress code, and a uniform if they wish because they promote social justice, a call for service, and they uphold one’s human dignity.

The morning bell rings. One student comes into school in their new shorts, and then one of the teacher’s pull her aside and tell her to go to the principal's office. As-Is she walks into the office and the principle tells her to go home and change. Wait! Should this student go home just to change her shorts or stay at school and face the fact she may get in trouble? Well schools actually tend to just have a dress code for girls and not boys which is not fair. Plus clothing stores are selling clothing that students should not be wearing but when pre- teens buy a peice of clothing they wear it to school. And even though it sounds not very convincing there's actually a complicated issue with dress codes. Many

The National School Board Association estimates that approximately 135,000 guns are brought to America’s 85,000 public schools each day. This is one reason school districts use to implement dress codes. Some schools even require students to have the belt line exposed at all times for fear of guns concealed under clothing. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, during the school year of 2007-2008, 16.5% of all the public schools in the United States required students to wear uniforms and 54% enforce a strict dress code. Dress Codes have become an issue, and something needs to be done. Us females do not appreciate being told over and over that our bodies are “distracting”. Dress code usually always falls on females, prohibiting certain articles of girls’

There is a huge problem with the whole “Dress code Policy” thing in all schools. Enforcing the dress code rule is very hard because, as a student, we do not listen. “Pants at the waistline” or “long shorts” are all kind of unrealistic. What if i wanted to wear high waisted pants? Would i be punished because it’s not necessarily at my waist? There is no such thing as “long shorts”, in that case wouldn’t it just be pants?

Recently throughout middle schools & high schools dress code has been an issue. Many kids have protested on changing or not changing dress code. Lots of kids have different opinions on this topic. Some think it's more for girls, it's not fair to girls, it causes stress and makes them feel like they're in an uncomfortable environment and or it affects their learning time.

The logic and mindset of how the high school was structured were absolutely ridiculous. Basically, like Beacon, my high school was a school for kids with learning disabilities. It was also a K-12 school. However, they defined learning disability as the students being somewhat untrustworthy. When there was a non-academic situation arising, they would only confront the main person causing all of it and not ask witnesses. The majority of my high school teachers were some of the most unpleasant people ever.

An Atlanta school board is set to announce in January its decision on the petition of two 5th grade students to change the school’s dress code. The girls wanted to be allowed to wear skintight leggings without any skirt or shorts on top of the leggings.