[riverdawg]

Yet another argument for school uniforms. Principals and school boards are utterly incapable of micro-managing dress codes - they cave in to political correctness (as in this example), get bogged down with arguments about skirts, skorts, and shorts, and other minutiae. But the anti-uniform crowd will show up here soon, protesting that uniforms suppress the little darlings' "individuality" and constitutional right to dress for school like thugs and hookers. /rant off

[sweet_diane]

Dress codes do help with what is on the clothing. Our school system has blue or white polo or button down shirts and khaki pants.

I'm amazed at what I see kids wearing in the mornings as they exit mom or dads car. The girls pants are so low they have to shave to wear them and their shirts aren't long enough to reach the waistband. Honestly, it looks as if the parents are turning the girls out to work the streets, not go to school.

Only because of what the Confederate flag has come to mean, I'd just as soon not see it or Malcom X or ANY political images on campus. There's already enough to distract the kids. IMHO, of course.