Mesquite Highschoolers....

[CoveMom]

Need your feedback, opinions on the Standardized Dress Policy (Code) in your high schools. What do you like/dislike about it? Has it made a difference in classroom discipline/disruption?

Copperas Cove (out of the blue) is considering something like this for next year and I really don't think it is needed here. Why did you all do this and what have been the results?

Will take feedback from parents also. And folks in the Mesquite area at large. Not looking to debate here. Just gathering info (or ammo as the case may be) for our school board.

Personally, I feel that a Standardized Dress Code can be achieved without mandating "Dockers" style pants and ONLY Polo shirts. How about, as a start, no T-shirts as outerwear? All pants must be belted at the waist (not high-up)? No sweats, etc? Skirts must be no more than 4 inches above the knee? Same for shorts? Sounds to me like this is the policy at your school with the slight difference of specifying the type of pants and shirt. Am I off base here?

Thanks for the info.

[Twin Threat]

Alot of times dress codes are use to blend the "Haves" with the "Have nots". Clothing is used to by both parents and kids to establish or get into cliques, or show a supposed social standing. The intent is to say everyone is just a student and I dont care if you have money or not.
Problem is it doesn't always work student and some parents will find away to make themselves or their child seem better. i.e. Jewelry, cell phones, cars

As young adults, they should dress to succeed. Starting now nothing wrong with that.

[svhorns]

Im gonna stay out of this thread but will school uniforms make the school better....no... Will it make the kids smarter.... no.... Will it keep them outta trouble... no.... I dont understand it... School Uniforms at a Public School = Communism... so much for any bit of freedom in this country...

[Miss Kitty]

Need your feedback, opinions on the Standardized Dress Policy (Code) in your high schools. What do you like/dislike about it? Has it made a difference in classroom discipline/disruption?

Copperas Cove (out of the blue) is considering something like this for next year and I really don't think it is needed here. Why did you all do this and what have been the results?

Will take feedback from parents also. And folks in the Mesquite area at large. Not looking to debate here. Just gathering info (or ammo as the case may be) for our school board.

Personally, I feel that a Standardized Dress Code can be achieved without mandating "Dockers" style pants and ONLY Polo shirts. How about, as a start, no T-shirts as outerwear? All pants must be belted at the waist (not high-up)? No sweats, etc? Skirts must be no more than 4 inches above the knee? Same for shorts? Sounds to me like this is the policy at your school with the slight difference of specifying the type of pants and shirt. Am I off base here?

Thanks for the info.

I have mixed feelings about this stuff. But the one thing I absolutely do not like is the way they measure the length of shorts. Not every girl has "average" leg lengths. And might find it very, very difficult, if not impossible to find shorts that will meet the "certain inches" above the knee standard. I think they should be measured from the bottom of the butt down. Just because a girl has her shorts more than 4" from her knee does not mean she does not have plenty of leg left before you reach her rear, thus still appropriate.

[CoveMom]

I have mixed feelings about this stuff. But the one thing I absolutely do not like is the way they measure the length of shorts. Not every girl has "average" leg lengths. And might find it very, very difficult, if not impossible to find shorts that will meet the "certain inches" above the knee standard. I think they should be measured from the bottom of the butt down. Just because a girl has her shorts more than 4" from her knee does not mean she does not have plenty of leg left before you reach her rear, thus still appropriate.

MK,

I don't have girls, but I do have one boy with disproportionately long legs to his torso. What a great point. However, I don't like the idea of any adult taking a ruler to my son's leg (or behind) in the first place. Not sure how to solve it except to say any enforcement measuring MUST be done in the presence of two adults, one of which must be the same gender as the student. Too often it is the mechanism for enforcement that is the problem, not the actual infraction. imo.

Thanks for the comment.

[trbandchic]

speaking with experience ins chool uniforms, middle school had them, gold shirt-6th grade white shirt-7th grade and black shirt-8th grade. I hated it. You had to wear the same thing as everybody, and i felt like i was just being herded around like cattle, because we were "branded" with the colors, and the exact uniforms. i think the shorts thing is crazy as well. One of my good friends is like 5'10 and shorts on her that are not "booty" shorts still look short people of the length of her leg, but they arn't "hoochie". All it will do is create more disipline problems, because the uniform issues will ALWAYS have to be address form the students who don't want to be dresse din them. Some people also look at uniforms as a way to not make clothes the issue in the classroom and so more focus is put on the material. that theory works on the surface but when you are constantly having to "check" students for the correct uniform then you are putting more focus on it than before...

Just my thoughts on it.

[Miss Kitty]

MK,

I don't have girls, but I do have one boy with disproportionately long legs to his torso. What a great point. However, I don't like the idea of any adult taking a ruler to my son's leg (or behind) in the first place. Not sure how to solve it except to say any enforcement measuring MUST be done in the presence of two adults, one of which must be the same gender as the student. Too often it is the mechanism for enforcement that is the problem, not the actual infraction. imo.

Thanks for the comment.


I agree with you. Measuring them could be a problem. But at lease you understand and are experiencing my issue. Even "long" shorts were too short on my daughter. LOL It was not fun.

[Humblefied]

Our school has a major problem with gangs or what ppl think are gangs so Humble's dress code is much stricter. You cant wear ur area code around and bandanas. Its cool i guess cuz they are looking out for us.

[dragons08]

carrolls dresscode is basically

"no shoulders, no stomach, no back, no cleavage"- for girls

"no pants sagging, clean shaved"- for guys

thats about it, of course the unacceptable words on shirts or whatever, but thats it..not to strict imo

[Twin Threat]

MK,

I don't have girls, but I do have one boy with disproportionately long legs to his torso. What a great point. However, I don't like the idea of any adult taking a ruler to my son's leg (or behind) in the first place. Not sure how to solve it except to say any enforcement measuring MUST be done in the presence of two adults, one of which must be the same gender as the student. Too often it is the mechanism for enforcement that is the problem, not the actual infraction. imo.

Thanks for the comment.

Most districts do require two adults to be present, some even require doors to remain open or have windows.

[Twin Threat]

But then again, the parents should be parents and monitor more closely what their kids are wearing and doing.