Trouble in the land of the B.E.A.S.T. or.. What's your school policy on dress?

[KelliV]

A few years ago (2004 maybe) they upped dress code at RMHS like mad and if you showed ANY shoulder you got sent to the dean. If you and your friends dressed alike you got sent to the dean. I got sent to the dean becuase I "might have" been able to take off the button up shirt (kinda like team 25s but it was all white) and expose the tank top I was wearing, the funny thing was the tank top was the one I got for Nationals that year.

I am still in disagreement on how you can make all of these rules but they still let the cheerleading squad wear our flyaway skirts (basically strips of fabric on a belt) on Fridays.

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by KelliV

I am still in disagreement on how you can make all of these rules but they still let the cheerleading squad wear our flyaway skirts (basically strips of fabric on a belt) on Fridays.

Yeah, they do the same for our cheerleaders. Their skirts barely cover anything at all. Then again, at my school, everyone wears those really short skirts and they all get away with it...

[Kristian Calhoun]

Originally Posted by AtalanteStar25

Yeah, they do the same for our cheerleaders. Their skirts barely cover anything at all. Then again, at my school, everyone wears those really short skirts and they all get away with it...

Haha. This is true, and although our school is pretty laid back with the dress code, my sister once was called to the office because one of the teachers complained about her skirt being too short, so my mom had to bring her a change of clothes. [This was during her sophmore year, coincidently the same year she was a cheerleader for the basketball team...]

And although there are written rules in our school's handbook about appropriate clothing and dress code, most administrators are too preoccupied with other things than to enforce the dress code. As a result, this past year everyone got away with wearing anything and everything (or lack there of) that they wanted to.

[Cuog]

The dress code at our school is pretty lax, i dont know it exactly since my standard wardrobe is never a problem(cargo jeans or shorts and a T-Shirt). I think the comment on what you would wear to see your grandmother is actually in the Handbook. The basic rules are no exposing stuff that ought not be exposed and no shorts/skirts that are too short.

[Daisy]

So...like a GPC? Gracious Professionalism for Clothes?

Um...our school says that it cares about the clothes you wear, but there's only two teachers who trully do. I would like for them to put some kind of uniform in place, but I don't see that happening in the near future.

Oh well.

Daisy

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Daisy

So...like a GPC? Gracious Professionalism for Clothes?

That's exactly what's needed. Unfortunately because there is so little GP in society, schools are making dress codes (and other behavior codes). Once they get started, they often go overboard.

Our newspaper had a story on one local district where the mom was complaining that half her elementary child's wardrobe was against the code. When kindergarten girls can't wear Hello Kitty (or whatever the cuteness-du-jour is) because the code forbids any graphics on a shirt, things have gone too far.

Edit: Incidentally, many team uniforms would not meet the stringent dress codes.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Cuog

I think the comment on what you would wear to see your grandmother is actually in the Handbook.

with autumn's approach
the grandmother's view of dress
instills careful thought

I like that the grandmother consideration is in the handbook. It reflects a built in respect between the grandmother and the student and encourages the student population to follow that wisdom. Wonder how many grandmothers know they have established their place in student handbooks. I think they would be just as pleasantly surprised at that as they are with the paper plate hats pre-schoolers make for them and they treasure.

[Queen_of_Mascot]

Man, reading the majority of your posts... dress codes at your school royally /suck/.

At my school... well, I once came in with a short skirt, knee-high boots, and a /dragon tail/ sticking out from under my skirt, and I got no trouble.

I've never seen anyone at my school get in trouble for a 'dress code violation', 'cuz there are other things to deal with... the constant fires, to start with.

Even on Halloween, when they sent out a letter explaining in detail why costumes were banned, everyone came in with stuff and I didn't see anyone get in trouble beyond a simple 'take those cat ears off', which expired after they got past the security guards at the front door.

We also had an 'unofficial cross-dressing day', after our cross-dressing comp. got canceled, and no one got in trouble for that, either. Despite a guy or two running 'round in a dress...