Dress Code*

The following expectations apply to all regular school activities, including dances, field trips and other off-campus, school sponsored activities:

1. Shoes must be worn at all times. Shoes with retractable wheels are prohibited. Sandals must have heel straps. At a principal's discretion, flip-flops may be worn in the 7th and 8th grades as a distinct privilege pertinent to those grades only. The terms and conditions relative to this discretion are to be set by each respective principal.

2. Apparel, grooming, jewelry, accessories and other personal items (backpacks, gym bags, water bottles, etc.) shall be free of writing, pictures, symbols or any other insignia which are crude, vulgar, profane, obscene, libelous, slanderous, sexually suggestive, or suggest violence. Apparel, grooming, jewelry, accessories or other personal items which bear drug, alcohol or tobacco company advertising, promotions and likenesses, or which advocate racial, ethnic or religious prejudice or discrimination are prohibited. Facial piercings and ear gages are not to be worn at school.

3. Hats, caps, sunglasses and other head coverings shall not be worn indoors, except for valid medical reasons verified by a physician in writing or religious reasons authorized by the administration. Each school site may adopt rules that specify the types of sun-protective apparel that students will be allowed to wear outdoors and specify the types of apparel and hats that may be "inappropriate." If worn outdoors for sun protection, baseball caps and other caps with bills shall be worn with the bills facing forward.

4. Shirts must have straps (no less than 1”) and be made of sufficient material and opacity to cover the torso. Pants, shorts, dresses, skirts and leggings must be made of sufficient material and opacity to adequately cover the student’s body while sitting or standing. Shorts, dresses and skirts must extend past the palm. Avoid tight or form fitting material that inches upward with movement. Pajamas and baggy sweatpants are prohibited (unless specifically authorized by the site principal for a special event, such as spirit day). All clothing must conceal undergarments.

5. Hair shall be clean and neatly groomed to encourage a professional learning atmosphere. Mohawks or similar style (e.g., "fauxhawk"), or spiked, which stick up or out more than two inches from the student's scalp are not allowed. Hair shall not be in a color that does not naturally occur, such as pink, purple, orange, yellow, etc.

6. Apparel which could be used as a weapon, or could be damaging to school property, including, but not limited to, steel-toed boots, chains, items with spikes or studs, etc., is prohibited.

7. Students shall not display any material which so incites others as to create a danger of the commission of unlawful acts on school grounds, disrupts the school process or violates district or school site rules or policies.