DRESS AND GROOMING FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
The Board believes that parent(s)/guardian(s) must take the responsibility for the development of the student’s good habits in the area of safety, health, decency, and cleanliness. Good grooming and neatness on the part of each student reflects an expression of pride in him/herself and in his/her school.
The Board recognizes that its students have a constitutional right to free speech and expression. However, a student’s exercise of those rights is not without limits where the student’s dress or grooming interferes with the educational process. In an effort to balance the Board and students’ respective rights and interests, students will be expected to observe a standard of dress and grooming that is appropriate while attending school. Forms of student dress and grooming will be acceptable as long as they are neat, clean and are not distracting, nor interfere with school safety standards. Rules of dress and grooming which clearly support the health and safety of students will be upheld.
A. Feet must be covered by some type of shoe or sandal. Bedroom slippers are not permitted, and flip flops are not permitted for safety reasons.
B. Bare midriffs, see-through, cutout clothing, plunging necklines, tank tops, spaghetti strap dresses, sleepwear, revealing and/or sheer clothing are not permitted.
C. Proper underclothing should be worn at all times.
D. Unclean, disheveled, torn or excessively baggy clothing is not permitted. Baggy clothing and/or clothing with holes or tears are not permitted. Trousers may not be sagging and undergarments may not be visible at any time.
E. Hair curlers/rollers are not to be worn.
F. No outdoor jacket/jean jacket is to be worn during the school day.
G. Any garment specifically made to be worn as an undergarment is not to be worn as an outer garment.
H. Inappropriate insignias, emblems, and/or gang related colors, shall not be worn during the school day or at school functions.
I. EXTREMES in styles or bizarre types of clothing are discouraged.
J. The length of shorts, skirts, dresses, and/or skorts must equal or exceed student’s fingertips.
K. Any form fitting or skin tight article of clothing must be covered by an appropriate over-garment on the body.
L. No bandannas, hats, or headbands are to be worn in school.
M. Students are prohibited from wearing or carrying articles of clothing or jwelry, which promote drugs, tobacco and alcohol, glorify death and mutilation, contain or imply profanity, or state or suggest sexual or pornographic activity. Any racially, or culturally offensive clothing is not permitted.
N. The presence of any apparel, jewelry, accessory, notebook, or manner of grooming, which by virtue of its color, arrangement, trademark, or any other attribute, denotes membership in a group or gang is prohibited. Chains, spiked waistbands, collars or clothing is not permitted.
O. Only natural hair colors are permitted. (Exceptions may be during “Spirit Week”, plays (drama) and other events sanctioned in advance by the building administration.)
P. Piercings other than of the ears are not permitted. No spiked piercings are permitted.
Q. Students are not permitted to wear make-up.
School administration reserves the right to exclude apparel which is disruptive or offensive to the conduct of education or affects the health or safety of the student or others.
Revised Date – April 25, 2006
