[ahecht]

My middle school had a strict dress code. You had to wear navy blue pants or shorts (shorts had to be above the knee), and you had to wear a waffle-weave white polo shirt, tucked in. Sweatshirts were allowed, but they had to be the grey ones with the school's logo on them. After two years, they started allowing t-shirts, but you could only wear the special white t-shirts with the school's logo on them. If you violated the uniform, you had to wear your PE uniform all day (which is not fun).

From there I went to a high school with absolutely no dress code whatsoever. The school was founded on the principle of not restricting the students in any way, so the administration couldn't do anything clothing wise as long as you were dressed legally (i.e. no nudity, profanity, or exposed genitalia). When a girl was sent home for wearing a see-through top, it created a huge controvery.

Funny story: when the class that graduated last year was in 7th grade, they quickly got the nickname "the naked grade," because the girls had a reputation for wearing as little as they could get away with (and this nickname was started by the administration). Because the administration couldn't do anything via the dress code, they turned all the thermostats down to 60 degrees which, in Los Angeles at least, is when all the girls break out their heavy jackets and gloves. Within a few weeks, the problem was solved.