Quote: Officials in a number of districts and schools in recent years have tempered their approaches by enacting stricter dress codes rather than forcing the wearing of uniforms. School officials in Fayette County, suburban Atlanta, Georgia, for instance, decided in favor of a tighter dress code in 1999 in response to community demands (White 2000).
The Marple Newtown School District in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, chose a dress code rather than uniforms. The fairly typical code prohibits the wearing of tube tops, halter tops, cutoff shorts, short shorts, and clothes that promote alcohol or drugs. “Going from a loose dress code to school uniforms seemed like a knee-jerk reaction,” said Raj Chopra, superintendent of the suburban Philadelphia school system. “It seems like an easy solution, but our goal was to get students to dress for success” (in White 2000).
But the solution remains far from easy. There are many layers to the debate.
Paraphase: All schools do not agree with the uniform policy. Many believe that keeping to the dress code would be better. Some schools just decided that they were going to enforce the dress code policy and be more strict on what the students where to school. Marple Newtown School District shares their opinion on the dress code situations. They believe that students should wear what they want as long as they don't wear short shorts, clothes the describe alcohol and drugs, and halter tops. These are different county's opinion on what they believe about the dress code.
Wendell Anderson is a research analyst and writer for the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management
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