Dress Code

Students are expected to dress and be groomed in such a way as to not distract or cause disruption in the educational program or orderly operation of the school. Personal appearance of students should promote health and safety, contribute to a climate conducive to teaching and learning and project a positive image of the District to the community. Students should dress for the educational setting and not the recreational one. The principal may create further guidelines regarding student dress which are consistent with the guidelines below.

• Clothing and/or hair should not be so extreme or inappropriate to the school setting as to disrupt the education process. Therefore, clothing deemed distracting, revealing, overly suggestive or otherwise disruptive will not be permitted.

• Wearing accessories or clothing that could pose a safety threat to oneself or others is not allowed.

• Hoods, hats and sunglasses may not be worn in the building.

• Attire must not evidence membership or affiliation with a "gang" in any negative sense of the term.

• Proper shoes must be worn at all times.  No bedroom shoes or slippers are permitted.

• Attire must not be immodest, obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, indecent or offensive.

• The length of shorts and skirts when standing upright must come to the bottom of the student’s fingertips

• Holes in garments or exposed skin are prohibited above the required short/skirt length

• Clothing that inappropriately exposes body parts is not permitted. Students shall not expose undergarments.

• The width of top straps must be at least the width of a student ID card ( 2.125 inches)

• Pants must be worn at the natural waistline and undergarments are not to be visible. Pants and slacks must not bag, sag, or drag.  Pajamas are prohibited.

• No clothing, jewelry, or tattoos are permitted that display profanity, suggestive phrases, or advertisements for, or messages or pictures depicting or suggesting alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or sex.

• For middle school and high school, student ID cards must be worn and visible

In the event the administration determines a student’s dress is inappropriate for school in accordance with this policy, will either have clothes available to provide to students who are in violation or will permit the students to have clothes brought to the school to correct the dress code violation.  Students will wait in a designated location until that violation of the dress code is remedied.  Students who would like to make a request for accommodations to the dress code related to a disability or religious belief should notify the school’s administration of that request in advance. 

Students shall be subject to the following consequences for violating the dress code.  

• 1st Offense:  Warning/Parent Contact

• 2nd Offense: Detention

3rd Offense:  Referral for Additional Consequences