Parents, Students Protest School Fashion Police

To the author of this article and the ignorant people who have taken this jokers article as evidence of anything, I pity you. I just left the website that has the ACTUAL dress code.www.rcs.k12.in.us
You will find it at the bottom of the page clearly marked Dress Code. Their is not one word about plaid, or a number of other items of clothing the author just threw in. I don't have any afilition with this or any other school, but I think a dress code that was voted on in May after letters being sent to all the parents before hand should be fine. To the parents who believe little Tiffany needs to show that cleavage to within millimeters of the nipple or guys who wear pants 5 sizes too big hanging below their buttocks or wearing headgear indoors except religious wear needs to focus more on the grades the success of their children istead of how slutty can little Suzie be.
To the admistrators in this matter...tread carefully!!!

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Where were these people when the school board voted? I am for school uniforms or dress kids uniformly. We weren't the richest family in my home town and I went thru hell from 7th grade up. It changed my whole path in life trying to get away from the bullies and snobs.

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Its really sad that parents have allowed their kids to dress provacatively, trashy, slutty for so long that NOW they actually have to step up and be a parent and enforce the rules that someone else has had to implement b/c YOU were either to busy, to lazy, or just didn't want to be bothered. As a parent of a freshman girl in a neighboring state I have SEEN how kids come to school...boobs hanging out butt cheeks hanging out...butt cracks showing, vulgar sloagans on shirts underwear showing.....teach your child to dress responsibly, act responsibly, and go back to school. OR heres a concept...YOU teach them, YOU home school them if you don't like the schools rules. Then the teachers can do what they are hired to do teach kids who want to learn.

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I go to a magnet school in the Nashville area and we have to wear uniforms from lands end and french toast. It's so gay because we can't wear anything other then that and its extremely expensive its a whole lot cheaper to let us wear the clothes we already have to we wear out with our friends and just having fun. And the other thing that really ticks me off is that the juniors and seniors get to wear pretty much anything except it has to be a collared shirt, khaki or navy pants or skirt, and no flip flops but everyone else has to wear the stupid uniforms from the two vendors and it will continue going up through senior with my class which is so not fair

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"I am looking forward to the public debate' sez 'a board member'. There you have it. This school WANTS publicity! Some little hicktown school board WANTS to be a headline on AO Hell! Ridiculous. It isn't the kids demanding to dress up like idiots, it's the adults wanting to draw attention. WHY??

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Rules are rules. If rules are nonsense, they should be enforced as strictly as possible. Such enforcement will serve to help people understand the importance of rules in making certain society is organized and civil.

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I think this is crazy, with all the thing that are going on at schools these days the are worried about a dress code. the clothes chlidren were is a way of expressing themselves. Unless the clothes are to revealing what is the big deal.
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anything that goes on in..."GESTAPO" VIRGINIA...is NO GOOD to me....!...i had to move to MANASSAS for work...and that was 1 of the worst things i ever did in my life...the people are all stuck up and the cops are real creepy bastards with attitudes and guns..!..

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Looks like the bottom-dwelling scum-suckers are out early this morning - hawking their bogus/stupid websites....fake clothing, marrying millionaires, make you happy, skinny, clean your colon...the answers to all our problems. Except -- how to get these a$$hole$ off these sites and gainfully employed.

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my kids wore uniforms to school. Loved it. Made getting dressed in the morning a piece of cake. Clothes were less distracting in the class room too. The polo shirts and khaki pants were far less expensive than the designer t-shirts and fashion jeans.

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My kids had dress codes in their schools -- very practical, and they were enforced: girls wore skirts - no more than 1 inch above their knees -- beige, brown, or navy/boys wore same color slacks. NO JEANS. Shirts were collared - short or long sleeved, as long as there were at least 3 buttons....white, light blue, or beige. Stockings or tights (blue or beige), loafers or laced shoes. Sneakers and gym outfits were carried to school - not worn. No more than one pair of earrings, minimum makeup, and no face jewelry, hair neatly combed. "Conservative." The kids didn't mind, nobody looked like a freak, and their days weren't spent comparing latest outfits or newest piercings/tattoos. There's nothing wrong with a DRESS code - it's less expensive than any other option...and kids can concentrate on school/activities - rather than whose boobs are sticking out of their tank top, and how much someone paid for their designer jeans.

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I'm not a fan of uniforms. I believe in the expression of a person's unique personality through their attire, provided everything's covered that should be and the clothes do not cause potential hazards. Overly baggy clothing is a tripping/falling risk, not to mention safety in regards to preventing Columbine type situations. I do believe shirts worn to school should have sleeves, and if a shirt is the type that can be tucked in, it should be. The schools where I live even try to make kids tuck in shirts that are not meant to be tucked. I don't agree with this. When I send my little boy to school in a Hawaiian shirt on picture day, the last thing I need is some pea-brain arbitrarily trying to make him tuck it in. Arbitrary rules should never take the place of common sense.

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The more rules you make, the more rule violations you will have.

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OMG! i think this is ridiculous! So if i wore my favorite Dylan's Candy Bar tank-top, (which is just light blue, no spagehtti straps, and it has the Dylan's logo on it) I would be suspended! I can't believe this! I would rather go in my bikini (which I look very cute in, tee hee) than go in that dress code. That would me I have to say "bye-bye" to pretty much my WHOLE wardrobe!!!!!!!!! I do NOT like this at ALL!!!!!!!!

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Dress codes at schools work so well. White shirts and khaki's. Makes it easier for the parent to do the wash. Takes the pressure off the kids trying to compete who is cool, and gives them time to focus on......school

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I spent twenty years teaching math to eighth graders. If you read the Richmond High School dress code, you will see that it's appropriate for school. A great many parents don't provide any guidance for what is approprate to wear for different events so the school has to mandate guidelines to keep many students from dressing like hookers and gang members. Been there, seen that. If they don't know any better, that's how they'll show up for job interviews. When I was in high school, the RHS dress code was pretty much the unwritten dress code endorsed by the students. Looking sharp was the goal...not looking like a slob.

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Having taught high school for 24 years...I can tell you dress codes have become increasingly important. Gangs all have their trademarks. Some stylish frocks have been a source for violence for those who cannot afford the items. I stand in front of the class...I see things, especially with girls, that I should not look at but hard not to ignore. Standing in back of the class, I see girls underwear or lack of. You can tell what color thong every girl in class is wearing. I shouldn't have to see that stuff either. You have to use a lot of tact when addressing those issues or they can turn it around on teachers and ask why were you looking and boom we get in trouble. School uniforms, un-altered is the way to go....I think, maybe.

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Where we are, there were three, THREE, pages in our local newspaper about what the kids can and can't wear. Get rid of the gangs in this school and leave the other kids alone!

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