Dress Code

The premise for our thinking about student dress is that going to school is like your child’s job. Appropriate grooming and well-kept clothes help to create the atmosphere of seriousness that is needed before kids can get down to the real fun of learning. We do have guidelines that the school will strive to enforce consistently across the board. If your child does not follow the guidelines, he or she will be given a change of clothes from our clinic closest to wear.

The dress and grooming of Frisco Independent School District students are expected to be in keeping with accepted community standards. The student and parent may determine the student’s personal dress and grooming standards, provided they comply with the general guidelines set out below and with the student dress code outlined in this handbook.

The district’s dress code is established to teach hygiene, instill discipline, prevent disruption, and avoid safety hazards. Students shall come to school looking clean, neat, and exhibiting grooming that will not be a health or safety hazard to the student or others. The district prohibits pictures, emblems, or writings on materials or clothing that are lewd, offensive, vulgar, immodest, or promote or refer to alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance prohibited under policy FNCF (1). Shirts or other clothing items depicting or promoting acts of violence, guns, weapons, death, dismemberment, disfigurement, or other offensive items are specifically prohibited. The district also prohibits any clothing or grooming that in the principal’s judgment may reasonably be expected to cause disruption of or interference with normal operations. Since research indicates that student dress helps set the pattern for classroom behavior, we do expect you to look neat. Guidelines have been developed to aid you and your parents to select the proper attire for school wear.

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

• Shoes must be worn at all times.
• Shorts of appropriate length may be worn.
• Inappropriate or revealing clothing will not be permitted and is subject to building administration discretion.
• Clothing items with provocative, offensive, violent, drug-related or gang-related pictures, guns, or slogans will not be permitted.
• Items advertising alcoholic beverages or tobacco products will not be permitted.
• All students are expected to meet standard and school policies with regard to health, cleanliness and appearance.
• No sagging pants or shorts will be permitted.
• No gang paraphernalia.
• No caps, hats, head rags, bandanas, or other headwear are permitted.
• No shoes with wheels.
• Students may not wear colored hair paint or colored gel to school at any time.
• No Mohawks where the sides of the head are completely shaved off.
• No haircuts that have shaved words, shapes, or etc.
• Tennis shoes must be worn in physical education class.

For safety reasons, we discourage students from wearing flip-flops; these types of shoes are a hazard on the playground during recess. Full tennis shoes are encouraged on all days, as they are safer for recess; however, they are REQUIRED on your child’s P.E. days

Boys:

-Shirts with sleeves must be worn at all times.

Girls:

-Sleeveless tops with a minimum width of two-inch wide straps are acceptable. The straps must be wide enough to cover undergarments.

-See-through, bare midriff, halter type, shoulder bearing, or spaghetti strap blouses or any revealing or low cut clothing is not permitted.

-Tops must be worn over leggings and must extend to or below the student’s fingertips when their arms are held to their sides.

Both:

-Shorts, skirts, and dresses must extend to or below the student’s fingertips when arms are held to their sides.

-Shirt hems should extend well below the waist of pants/shorts/skirts whether in a sitting or standing position.

*Please see the District’s Student Handbook for more information.

.We will schedule days where students will be allowed to wear something fun.

PLEASE label your child’s jacket, coat, scarf, mittens, lunch box, backpack, etc.

* For safety reasons, tennis shoes must be worn during physical education class. Flip-Flops will not be worn in P.E.

*For safety reasons, we discourage students from wearing flip flops; these types of shoes are a hazard on the playground during recess.

The district also prohibits any clothing or grooming that in the principal’s judgment may reasonably be expected to cause disruption of or interference with normal operations.