Dress Code for LCPS Teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you thought about maybe it's loosening some of the current codes?

Teachers have a pretty laid-back dress code already.

Depending on the admin. I've worked in schools where sneakers were forbidden and heels/dress flats were strongly, strongly encouraged, along with much dressier clothes than I was comfortable with as an ES teacher who spent a lot of time on the floor.

[Anonymous]

There's no research to support a connection between student achievement and teacher dress code.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you thought about maybe it's loosening some of the current codes?

Teachers have a pretty laid-back dress code already.

Depending on the admin. I've worked in schools where sneakers were forbidden and heels/dress flats were strongly, strongly encouraged, along with much dressier clothes than I was comfortable with as an ES teacher who spent a lot of time on the floor.

I would be very shocked if this was in LCPS. I wear jeans and sneakers several days a week and thankfully our admin is supportive of that. I do not wear leggings except under dresses. No good admin is going to give a competent reliable and dedicated teacher a hard time about pretty much anything. We are hard to come by. While I often feel unappreciated by the central administration and the school board, the admins at our school appreciate us very much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have you thought about maybe it's loosening some of the current codes?

Teachers have a pretty laid-back dress code already.

Depending on the admin. I've worked in schools where sneakers were forbidden and heels/dress flats were strongly, strongly encouraged, along with much dressier clothes than I was comfortable with as an ES teacher who spent a lot of time on the floor.

I would be very shocked if this was in LCPS. I wear jeans and sneakers several days a week and thankfully our admin is supportive of that. I do not wear leggings except under dresses. No good admin is going to give a competent reliable and dedicated teacher a hard time about pretty much anything. We are hard to come by. While I often feel unappreciated by the central administration and the school board, the admins at our school appreciate us very much.

You would be shocked at how different the schools can be in terms of atmosphere and expectations. A looser dress code may be true now post-Covid when they don't have enough teachers to fill the classrooms, but it has not always been universally true. My experiences were in LCPS in different clusters within the last 10-15 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw that it is an agenda item for the upcoming school board meeting. We are losing teachers left and right and this is what they worry about? Have you observed any inappropriate dress?

I read the new proposed policy as an educator and it seems fine. Really just no torn clothing, weapons, etc. They continue to include jeans in “business causal” so I have no qualms. I wonder if they are going after female educators who have been wearing tights / leggings to work. I know this is a controversial one, but I’ve never felt they look remotely professional (but the HS guys surely love them)

Okay so teachers will stop wearing yoga pants and leggings when the moms stop wearing them to drop off and pickup.

[Anonymous]

No one sees what people are wearing while driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one sees what people are wearing while driving.

Many drop off and pickup at the main door, not the car line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw that it is an agenda item for the upcoming school board meeting. We are losing teachers left and right and this is what they worry about? Have you observed any inappropriate dress?

I read the new proposed policy as an educator and it seems fine. Really just no torn clothing, weapons, etc. They continue to include jeans in “business causal” so I have no qualms. I wonder if they are going after female educators who have been wearing tights / leggings to work. I know this is a controversial one, but I’ve never felt they look remotely professional (but the HS guys surely love them)

Okay so teachers will stop wearing yoga pants and leggings when the moms stop wearing them to drop off and pickup.

If I’m getting up and down off the floor/carpet all day long, I’m wearing jeans and cotton pants. If my admin has a problem, I’ll move to a school that doesn’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw that it is an agenda item for the upcoming school board meeting. We are losing teachers left and right and this is what they worry about? Have you observed any inappropriate dress?

I read the new proposed policy as an educator and it seems fine. Really just no torn clothing, weapons, etc. They continue to include jeans in “business causal” so I have no qualms. I wonder if they are going after female educators who have been wearing tights / leggings to work. I know this is a controversial one, but I’ve never felt they look remotely professional (but the HS guys surely love them)

Okay so teachers will stop wearing yoga pants and leggings when the moms stop wearing them to drop off and pickup.

If I’m getting up and down off the floor/carpet all day long, I’m wearing jeans and cotton pants. If my admin has a problem, I’ll move to a school that doesn’t care.

My school is fine with comfortable clothes as long as they are not revealing or anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw that it is an agenda item for the upcoming school board meeting. We are losing teachers left and right and this is what they worry about? Have you observed any inappropriate dress?

I read the new proposed policy as an educator and it seems fine. Really just no torn clothing, weapons, etc. They continue to include jeans in “business causal” so I have no qualms. I wonder if they are going after female educators who have been wearing tights / leggings to work. I know this is a controversial one, but I’ve never felt they look remotely professional (but the HS guys surely love them)

Okay so teachers will stop wearing yoga pants and leggings when the moms stop wearing them to drop off and pickup.

If I’m getting up and down off the floor/carpet all day long, I’m wearing jeans and cotton pants. If my admin has a problem, I’ll move to a school that doesn’t care.

My school is fine with comfortable clothes as long as they are not revealing or anything.

Same here. I wear tennis shoes to school, and an admin told me as long as I’m working with kids, he doesn’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw that it is an agenda item for the upcoming school board meeting. We are losing teachers left and right and this is what they worry about? Have you observed any inappropriate dress?

I read the new proposed policy as an educator and it seems fine. Really just no torn clothing, weapons, etc. They continue to include jeans in “business causal” so I have no qualms. I wonder if they are going after female educators who have been wearing tights / leggings to work. I know this is a controversial one, but I’ve never felt they look remotely professional (but the HS guys surely love them)

What's wrong with tights? Don't most people wear tights under skirts and dresses in the winter?

Or do you mean wearing tights as pants?

Yes, tights as pants. Looks amazing when the teachers right out of college do it (which is obviously horrendous for male attention, haha), but it seems that older, overweight woman often jump on the bandwagon too. I am wondering if this new dress policy is targeting them implicitly but not condoning them in the “approved dress” list. Would be hard to argue that only tights are business casual…

Nice way to both blame young females for male lack of self control and body shame older women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saw that it is an agenda item for the upcoming school board meeting. We are losing teachers left and right and this is what they worry about? Have you observed any inappropriate dress?

I read the new proposed policy as an educator and it seems fine. Really just no torn clothing, weapons, etc. They continue to include jeans in “business causal” so I have no qualms. I wonder if they are going after female educators who have been wearing tights / leggings to work. I know this is a controversial one, but I’ve never felt they look remotely professional (but the HS guys surely love them)

Okay so teachers will stop wearing yoga pants and leggings when the moms stop wearing them to drop off and pickup.

If I’m getting up and down off the floor/carpet all day long, I’m wearing jeans and cotton pants. If my admin has a problem, I’ll move to a school that doesn’t care.

Even in middle school, there’s a lot of kneeling and squatting during the day.