Classen SAS@NE COMETHQ

Classen will follow the OKCPS updated district dress code policy, please be mindful of this as you prepare for the 2024-25 school year. The Classen administration team will meet with students at the beginning of school to review and clarify expectations in line with this dress code policy.

Dress Code Policy

Secondary students shall adhere to the following dress code:
Tops: Shirts that fully cover a student’s torso (including stomach, back, and shoulders) without undergarments showing.
Bottoms: Clothing that fully covers a student from the waist down to at least mid-thigh.
Shoes: Must wear shoes that do not pose a safety threat to yourself or others.

Reasonable Limitations

• Attire shall not be see-through, sheer, mesh, or otherwise transparent.

• Pajamas and house shoes are not permitted.

• Hats are not permitted in the building.

• Hoodies are acceptable, but hoods shall not be pulled up to cover the head.

The following symbols, mottos, words, or acronyms on decorations and/or designs imprinted upon or attached to the body or clothing are prohibited if they portray:

o Crude, vulgar, profane, violent, death-oriented, gang-related, hate speech, sexually explicit, or sexually suggestive images or messages.

o Advertisement of tobacco, alcohol, drugs, or drug paraphernalia.

o Identification of a student as a member of a secret or overtly antisocial group or gang or an organization that professes violence or hatred toward others.

o Visible tattoos or brands incompatible with the standards set forth herein shall be covered to prohibit their display.

Grace Period

Students enrolling in Oklahoma City Public Schools for the first time during the school year shall be granted a grace period of up to twenty (20) school days before being required to comply with the required uniform.

Financial Hardship

No student shall be denied attendance at school or be otherwise penalized for failing to wear clothing that complies with the school uniform or dress code if such failure is due to financial hardship. Each school site shall develop procedures and criteria to offer to assist students who would have or are having difficulty complying with this policy and shall develop a program to assist students in obtaining clothes that comply. Each site may accept donations and set up opportunities for students and families to obtain clothing to be worn to school.

Expectations

This policy does not apply to students using distance learning, sites where the District provides educational services to students pursuant to a contract for extended educational services, or to any other sites where District personnel are not in control of the operation of the facility.

Enforcement

District staff shall enforce the dress code consistently and in a manner that does not reinforce or increase marginalization or oppression of any group on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, genetic information, alienage, veteran, parental, family, and marital status or any other basis prohibited by law that adversely affects the student.

Discipline

Students who violate this policy may be subject to discipline in accordance with the District’s Student Code of Conduct.

OSSBA Policy FNCAA
Adopted: May 7, 2007
Revised: 4/16/13, 7/1/16, 8/10/20, 3/7/22

Oklahoma City Public Schools