My Public School's Dress Code (if you need a laugh.....)

In another thread, we sort of got off into a dress code discussion a little bit. My PS's dress code is SO absurd, I thought I'd share it in a thread of it's own.... I didn't want anyone to miss this one.

So, here it is... copied directly from the school's website. This is technically for grades 5 & up, but the dress code is exactly the same at elementary level -- minus the talk of sideburns and facial hair....

I took the liberty of highlighting rules I consider to be just a tad bit ridiculous... then in previewing the post, realized it was nearly ALL highlighted! LOL

Brace yourselves:

Here... this should be good for a chuckle --- I couldn't find the dress code specifically for elementary grades... but it's the exact same w/o all the sideburn & facial hair talk:

MODESTY WILL BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE
• The DRESS CODE is in effect at EVERY SCHOOL SPONSORED ACTIVITY, either on NISD Property or at any other site where NISD is in attendance and/or participating.
• The DRESS CODE is in effect IMMEDIATELY upon arrival to any NISD campus and remains in effect CONTINUOUSLY until one is completely off school grounds.

Hair
•Hair shall be clean, well-groomed, and out of the eyes.
• Boys’ hair shall NOT extend over the ears, beyond the eyebrows, or over the top of a standard collar in the back when combed down.
• One straight line for parting purposes is allowed.
• Sideburns will be neatly trimmed and shall NOT extend below the middle of the ear, and may NOT be wider than 1 inch from top to bottom.
• Boys must be clean shaven daily with NO facial hair visible.
• Tufts, tails, cornrows or designs are NOT permitted.
• Hair must be ONE natural color.
• Highlights/Lowlights must be BLONDE in color for GIRLS. Hair Chunking is NOT allowed.
• Highlights/Lowlights are NOT allowed for boys.
Extreme hair-dos of any nature as determined by the principal or his designee are NOT allowed.

Shirts
• ALL Shirts, and Blouses regardless of style will be completely tucked in at all times.
• ALL Shirts and Blouses must extend beyond the waistband of the jeans, pants, or skirt and be long enough to remain tucked when sitting, standing, bending, or raising the arms.
• ALL Shirts, Blouses, and undershirts will be free of any writing except for approved NISD Spirit Shirts
• Embellishments such as but not limited to sequins, rhinestones, embroidery are not permitted outside the one allowable 2” square logo area.
• ONE Logo is permitted but may NOT be larger than a 2 inch square. (see diagram)
• ALL Clothing - shirts, blouses, dresses - must be long or short sleeved. Sleeveless clothing is NOT allowed.
• Cap/crop sleeves are NOT allowed. ALL sleeves must have at least 1” of material beyond the bottom seam.
• ALL collars – front, side, and rear – must fall within 3” of the neck.
• Visible cleavage when sitting or standing is NOT allowed.
• Shirts must be worn under all sweaters/sweatshirts and meet ALL of the above requirements.
• Long sleeved shirts are NOT considered sweaters or sweatshirts and will be worn tucked in, buttoned, and meet the above requirements.

Sweaters/Sweatshirts/Jackets/Coats
• All sweaters, sweatshirts, jackets, and coats must be worn completely unzipped or unbuttoned.
• Oversized sweaters/sweatshirts are NOT allowed.
• Sweatshirts must be hip length and banded at the bottom.
• All Jackets or coats must button or zip in the front.
• Logos are permitted but may NOT be larger than a 2 inch square.
• Sweatshirts, sweaters, jackets, and coats will NOT be tied around the waist.
• ALL sweaters, sweatshirts, jackets, and coats will be free of any writing except for approved NISD Spirit Apparel.
• Embellishments such as but not limited to sequins, rhinestones, embroidery are not permitted outside the one allowable 2” square logo area.
• ONE Logo is permitted but may NOT be larger than a 2 inch square. (see diagram)

Dresses/Skirts
• Knee length (3 inches from the knee in the kneeling position)
• Slits in dresses or skirts must not extend above 7 inches from the top of the knee in a kneeling position.
• ALL dresses and skirts will be free of any writing except for approved NISD Spirit Apparel
• Embellishments such as but not limited to sequins, rhinestones, embroidery are not permitted outside the one allowable 2” square logo area.
• ONE Logo is permitted but may NOT be larger than a 2 inch square. (see diagram)
• ALL shirts, blouses, dresses - must be long or short sleeved. Sleeveless clothing is NOT allowed.
• Cap/crop sleeves are NOT allowed. ALL sleeves must have at least 1” of material beyond the bottom seam.
• ALL collars – front, side, and rear – must fall within 3” of the neck.
• Visible cleavage when sitting or standing is NOT allowed.
• Boys are NOT allowed to wear dresses/skirts.

Pants
• Pants must be worn at the waist, as defined at the top of the hip bones.
• Boys’ slacks or jeans must have belt loops and be belted at the waist. The belt must be visible. Excessively long belts must be strung through belt loops.
• Girls’ pants with belt loops must be belted at the waist.
• Oversized pants are NOT allowed. Sagging or baggy pants are NOT allowed.
• Sweat pants, parachute pants, and wind pants are NOT allowed.
• Frayed pants or pants with holes are NOT allowed.
• Girls may wear Capri pants that extend beyond the bottom of the knee in a sitting position.
• Boys are NOT allowed to wear Capri pants, Knickers, or the like.
• No shorts maybe worn except during PE or Athletics.
• ALL pants will be free of any writing except for approved NISD Spirit Apparel
• Embellishments such as but not limited to sequins, rhinestones, embroidery are not permitted outside the one allowable 2” square logo area.
• ONE Logo is permitted but may NOT be larger than a 2 inch square. (see diagram)
• Other than the manufacture’s designs on one or both back pockets other embellishments are not permitted.
• Pants with more than one zipper, loops, or hoops are not permitted.

Shoes
• Shoes must be worn at all times.
• House slippers, thongs, or shower shoes are NOT allowed.
• Boys are NOT allowed to wear sandals, unless socks are worn.

Miscellaneous
• The wearing of any type of pierced jewelry anywhere on the body is NOT allowed except for girls wearing earrings in their ears.
• Writing or pictures are not allowed on the body at anytime.
• Makeup is not allowed for students in grades 5 and 6.
• Boys may not wear makeup, wear nail polish, or color their finger nails.
• All Tattoos, regardless of the location, must be completely covered at all times.
• Caps, hats, bandanas, skull caps, dew rags, and sunshades, etc. are NOT allowed at any time on campus.
• Proper undergarments are to be worn.
• Oral jewelry is NOT allowed (such as Grillz).
• Medical Modifications to the student general code of conduct may be granted on a case by case basis. The modifications will be subjected to considerations such as, but not limited to:
• Medical statements from a physician indicating a medical condition will be worsened by adhering to the student general code of conduct.
• The modifications are not for mere comfort or ease, but truly medical in nature.

So, I'm guessing all the poor cancer-stricken bald kids are just going to have to have cold heads.... since hats aren't "medical in nature"

Back Packs
• Embellishments such as but not limited to sequins, rhinestones, embroidery are not permitted outside the one allowable 2” square logo area.
• ONE Manufacturer’s Logo is permitted.
• Backpacks that have writing, names, designs, or drawings other than the manufacturer’s logo, manufacturer’s design, manufacturer’s name, or owner’s name will not be allowed at school.

 

Holy Cow! Who could navigate that?

They might as well have had the guts to simply demand a uniform.

 

That's insane! That leaves out most of my DD's clothing.

I love the one about boys may not wear skirts/dresses.

When I was in high school in NJ we were not aloud to wear shorts. A lot of girls were wearing skirts to be cooler the late school months. So in June one year, when it was really hot, a group of boys wore skirts to school (with shorts under them). We all thought it was pretty funny. They were all told to change, but they did not get in trouble.

Some of these I understand, but some are just plain ridiculous.

 

Well if they demanded a uniform maybe then you might actually find clothes like that. LOL What person came up with this? Were they born in the 1800's. LOL

 

GOOD GRIEF.

a *few* of those, I'd agree with (like the 'no cleavage' type of stuff) but most of it strikes me as quite ridiculous (quick! someone call 911! that kid has sequins on her shirt! :roll: )

yeesh.

 

That is almost as insane as the dress code at my high school in the 1970's. Back then girls could not wear pants of any kind unless the temp. dropped to 20 degrees or less. Even then it could not be jeans. My boys would never make it at the school with that dress code. We couldn't afford the new clothes to meet the code. I think the girls may need a pajama day today. Just because we can!

 

The whole "shirt must be tucked in" crap and the "must wear a belt" crap is just stupid! I mean, my son is in K this year and he can't undo a belt himself to go to the bathroom. I would NEVER send him out anywhere with a belt on because it would require him to get help for every potty break. It's demeaning, imo, for me to do that to him. Aside from the fact that most of his jeans in 5t size don't have belt-loops.

When I went to a Christian school our dress code was far less restrictive than all that.

Like Sloan said, we wouldn't be able to afford the clothing.

(btw, sadly, I agree with not being allowed to have a coat buttoned/zipped. It's a safety issue as a variety of weaponry/contraband can easily be hidden under an oversized or zipped coat)

 

My niece's school is almost just like that. My sis complains, because they constantly add new things the kids can't wear as the styles change. She hates the idea of school uniforms, but says it would be better than the dress code they have. I especially think the hair rules are silly.

 

I really think that if you're going to impose that many rules you should just require uniforms. It would save a lot of headaches all the way around.

 

if i Can find it I will post my sons school dress code, its at a really restrictive Christian school as far as dress code, my son actually got suspended for a day last year for a "dress code violation".
Yours is worse than ours is! YIKES! and that is a public school???
I think a lot of them are uncalled for the corn rows would be a good thing, it keeps kids hair neat! here the boys wear their hair long but if kept in neat styles its okay.
And they are alowed approriate colors. ds wants to bleach his and we may let him so he can get his blonde back lol. he was blond as a toddler

 

Me, too. When my ds started ps K, uniforms were being considered. I wouldn't have minded it at all.

 

All the schools here wear uniforms, public and private wear the same basically, private schools get to wear more colors than public. It is a good thing because here the kids were out of control over the clothes they wore, girls were going half dressed with bellies and behinds showing.. guys wore thier pants half way down thier legs, to SCHOOL!
They still wear them that way after school but the dress codes has helped all the way up to 8th graders at least!
I am all for dress codes, but within reason, I think a boy should be able to wear apony tail to school cause thats just a higine reason.. you know if all the kids wore thier hair down and one of them had a problem with thier hair everyone would have that. SO I think its okay if they are neat or in ponies etc.
my kids wanted to wear uniforms at home even!

 

It sounds more like the regulations of a private school than a public school. Who gets to pay for the clothing for those children whose parents cannot afford the "proper" clothing? They can't just boot them out can they? How can they refuse a child an education because of a clothing decoration that is larger than 2" ? O.O insane!

 

Well I personally don't see anything wrong with this dress code. I see the kids around here going to and from school and some of the things alot of them wear.....wow!! I also agree that if the dress code needs to be that strict than uniforms should be in order.

 

I have always been against strict dress codes begining back when I was in school. I'm a "buck the system" kind of girl though. I just think it's all absurd. I'd never in a million years make my children adhere to those rules.

 

Wow. Do clothes exist that meet all of these rules?

Amy

 

Sadly, having taught professionally, I understand these codes all too well. And, yes, they will most likely be going to a uniform system in the next few years.

When I started out teaching at a private school, the dress code was fairly open, with an obvious nod toward modesty. However, the kids just always had to push the rules to see how far they could get. By the second year, the dress code tightened up a bit in an attempt to address pants that were too tight and pants that were too loose [one of the reasons for the tucked in shirt and belted pants].

By the third year, we were at uniforms. The reason? Again, parents couldn't seem to just dress their kids modestly. It wasn't a hard dress code originally: girls needed to wear skirts/dresses on Wednesdays for chapel--- and they needed to be at the knee when standing. No one should wear pants so tight that you can see the underwear line nor so loose that you can see the underwear! Shirts could say stuff, just nothing raunchy or suggestive.

But no one could seem to follow simple rules and kept sneaking something in that was clearly not appropriate. Their reason? The book didn't say specifically that they couldn't wear that.

So, to uniforms we went. And you know what? The majority of the kids were OK with that. They had kakhi pants and shorts to choose from. The shirts were white, kakhi, or green with our school's logo [an eagle] emblazened in the top left corner. The kids said it actually made life easier--- they didn't have to worry about what they'd wear the next day.

We still had problems with the whole 'keep your shirt tucked in' thing, but that was always minor and usually just got the student a verbal reprimand.

 

It always takes that first brave soul to speak against the flow. Although it seems extreme, it must have been pretty bad for a public school to get to that place. I wish the school we live by had these rules. Way too much exposure for my 6 and 10 y/o's.

 

Shelley the dress code you described doesn't seem nearly as strict as the one posted here. If I just had to make sure my kids jeans weren't too tight or that she wore a skirt once a week that would be easy. I don't know I guess my main problem is that they tell kids how to wear their hair. Why could my son not wear his hair long if his father and I approve?? (I don't have a son this is just for arguements sake)

 

I like the one about the hi=low lites and no chunky ones. :lol: