Elementary Student Dress & Grooming

  • Students’ clothing must not distract or impede the learning process.

  • Students’ clothing must be appropriate for school.

  • No Pajamas (unless on designated days)

  • No Costumes (unless on designated days)

  • No ripped jeans/pants above the knee unless covered or must have clothing/leggings underneath them.

  • No spaghetti straps or tank tops without covering

  • No mid-riffs or belly/crop shirts

  • No biking shorts

  • Shorts and skirts must be just above the knee area and not above the mid-thigh area.

  • Leggings may be worn with tops that extend to the mid-thigh area

  • No sagging

  • Students must wear appropriate shoes to school.

  • No flip-flops, sandals, bubble or open-toe shoes

  • Crocs must be worn in safety mode with straps on

  • Students may wear hoodies; however, hoods must be off inside the school building.

  • Students may not wear clothing that advertises illegal substances or has derogatory or discriminatory content.

Secondary Student Dress & Grooming

  • No sagging.

  • Pants, jeans, or shorts with tears or fraying mid-thigh or higher must have clothing underneath.

  • Leggings, spandex, jeggings, tights, yoga pants, or any other similar tight-fitting bottoms MUST be covered with a dress, skirt, shorts, or shirt at least mid-thigh length.

  • Any shorts, dresses, or skirts worn with or without leggings no shorter than mid-thigh length.

  • Revealing clothing (transparent, midriff, holes, backless, low cut blouses, spaghetti straps, tank tops; no visible undergarments) is not acceptable.

  • Sleepwear or pajamas are not acceptable, including house-shoes/slippers.

  • Shoes are required to be worn at all times.

  • Students may not wear clothing, outerwear, pins, symbols, or insignia of prohibited organizations or street gangs while at school or at any school-related activity.

  • Students may not wear clothing, buttons, patches, jewelry, or any other items with words, phrases, symbols, pictures, or signs that are indecent, profane, suggestive, inflammatory or that have negative overtones that appear to be derogatory or discriminatory.

  • Spike jewelry, chains, and hair picks are not permitted.

  • Head coverings and sunglasses must be taken off upon entering the school and left in the lockers. Medical / religious exceptions require written approval from a school administrator.

Board of Education Policy 4.25

The general standards of appearance for students are that they are clean, neat, and properly dressed. They are to observe modes of dress, styles of hair, and standards of personal grooming, which are in conformity with the studious atmosphere necessary in schools. It is the responsibility of each principal to see that no student’s dress is extreme to the point of disturbing the educational atmosphere. If the principal or the teacher determines that a student’s dress or grooming is unacceptable, adequate time will be allowed for the student to make proper adjustments. However, if a student continues to ignore acceptable standards, he will be subject to disciplinary action.

A student will not practice a mode of dress that disrupts the educational process, calls attention to the individual, violates federal, state, or local law, or affects the welfare and safety of students and teachers. Furthermore, students are prohibited from obscene, lewd, or vulgar comments or designs and from wearing clothing directed toward or intended to threaten, intimidate or demean an individual or group of individuals as well as items advertising alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs.

A student shall not be disciplined or discriminated against based upon the student's natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle. A student’s natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle includes, without limitation, afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrow braids, Bantu knots, curls, and hair styled to protect hair texture or for cultural significance.