DRESS CODES

PURPOSE

The District’s dress code is established in an effort to provide a school environment that is conducive to learning. It also addresses safety concerns for students and faculty alike as well as instilling real world expectations for the student body.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Students shall be dressed and groomed in a manner that is clean and neat and that will not be a health or safety hazard to themselves or others. The District prohibits any clothing or grooming that, in the principal’s judgement, may reasonably be expected to cause disruption of an interference with normal school operations.

    The District prohibits pictures, emblems or writing on clothing that:

    1. Are lewd, offensive, vulgar, or obscene.
    2. Advertise or depict tobacco products, alcholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance prohibited under FNCF (L).
    3. Refer to religious, cult, or gang activities.

The student and parent may determine the student’s personal dress and grooming standards, provided that they comply with the general guidelines set out above and as outlined in policy and found in the student handbook and/or discipline management plan.

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

1. Clothing (dresses, skirts, shorts, culottes) may not be shorter than the top of the knee for secondary students. Similar clothing (dresses, skirts, shorts, culottes) for elementary students must meet standards of good taste as determined by the building principal.
2. Clothing that has been modified in a revealing manner shall not be allowed.
3. Bicycle shorts shall not be allowed.
4. Footwear shall be part of regular attire. Thongs and bathroom or house shoe-type footwear are not acceptable.
5. A bare midriff is unacceptable.
6. Appropriate undergarments shall be worn at all times.
7. The hair shall be clean, well groomed, and not covering the eyes.

    A variety of hairstyles shall be permitted if the following extremes are avoided:
    *geometric or unusual patterns shaved or cut in hair
    *color variations in hair
    *ponytail, rat-tail, and braid (for boys)
    *longer than shoulder length (for boys)
8. Sideburns shall be kept trimmed so as not to form a beard and shall not be extreme in fullness. Mustaches shall be accepted if neatly trimmed. Beards shall not be acceptable.
9. The neck opening on any type shirt or blouse may not exceed the equivalent of the second button below the collar of a dress shirt or blouse. Underwear type shirts, such as tank tops or muscle shirts, are not acceptable. Shirts that have sleeves cut out of them are also unacceptable.
10. Nose studs may not be worn by any student.

VIOLATIONS

Grooming: If the principal determines that a student’s grooming violates the dress code, the student shall be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school. If not corrected, the student shall be assigned to in-school suspension for the remainder of the day until the problem is corrected.

Dress: A student whose clothing violates the dress code shall be assigned to in-school suspension either for the remainder of the day or until a parent or designee brings an acceptable change of clothing to the school. Repeated offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action. Appropriate discipline procedures shall be followed in all cases. (Outlined in policies FO, FOA, and FOD.)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The principal, in cooperation with the sponsor, coach, or other person, in charge of an extracurricular activity, may regulate the dress and grooming of students who participate in the activity. Students who violate those standards may be removed or excluded from the activity for a period determined by the principal or sponsor and may be subject to other disciplinary action. (Outlined in policies FO, FOA, and FOD.)

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