Dress Code & Student Handbook  

District Policy

5511 - DRESS AND GROOMING

Section: Students

Date Created: August 2010

Date Edited: November 2018

It is the purpose of the Board of Education in the matter of pupil grooming to enhance the health and safety of pupils to avoid distractions to the educative process.  It is neither the intention of the  Board to usurp parental prerogative for determining appropriate grooming of their children nor to use style, fashion or taste as a sole criterion for exclusion from instruction.

With regard to pupil dress, the Board specifies the following policy:

    1. Pupils shall be physically clean, neat and well

        groomed;

    2.  Pupils shall not wear clothing deemed to be a safety

         hazard while participating in activities so regulated;

    3.  Dress that restricts the pupil from doing his/her work

        is discouraged;

    4.  Styles that create or may create a classroom

         disturbance, and are distracting, are not permitted;

    5.   Pupils are prohibited from wearing, while on school

          property, any type of clothing apparel or accessory

          which indicates that the pupil has membership in,

          or affiliation with any gang associated with

          criminal activities;

    6.  Articles of clothing that cause excessive wear or

        damage to school property are not permitted; and

    7. Pupils attending the district preschool, all

        Kindergarten through grade twelve will follow a

        uniformity of dress plan as stated in Regulation 5511.

With regard to pupil hairstyle, the Board recognizes that pupils have the right to exercise judgement as long as they do not:

    1. Present a danger to the pupil's health and safety, or

        the health and safety of the staff and student body;  

        and

    2.  Cause an interference with schoolwork or create a

        class disturbance.

Nothing in this policy shall be interpreted to limit the responsibility of teachers to enforce regulations concerning control of hair or clothing in the interest of safety or full participation in any specific teaching situation.