[chrisser]

The only teachers who didn't wear ties at my high school were the shop teachers. :-)

I went to a public HS in a small town in NE Ohio.

There wasn't a dress code, but most of the teachers dressed fairly professionally, with a couple exceptions.

I didn't take shop, but knew the shop teacher. He always wore a tie - tucked it into his shirt a few buttons down so it wouldn't get caught in any of the machine tools.

Always thought it looked a little silly, but I think everyone respected that he, of all the teachers, could have made a good argument to not wear a tie, but he chose not to.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I taught shop for a few years, and I never wore a tie. IMNSHO, wearing a tie around powerful rotating machinery is beyond stupid, and borders on lunacy. Same goes for long hair, that's not well covered or pinned up. No loose clothing, jewelery, hair, or anything else that might get tangled in the machinery. Period. (Obviously, these rules wouldn't apply to drafting classes.)

If the school dress codes required shop teachers to wear a tie, then wear a clip on, or a bow tie. (It would still be a stupid rule.)

In my classes, safety was always the number one priority. What good are skills, if you're too mangled up to use them?