Dress Codes at DC area private schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Other than schools that have a uniform, how are dress codes handled at your school?

When I was a kid (not in this area), we had rules like no torn clothes, no offensive graphics, no spaghetti straps, no midriff and maybe in middle school the thumb rule for shorts but no one was really measuring. No one was getting in trouble for a shirt that showed an inch of stomach when you raise your arms or three inches of your back when you sat down. Is this common at other private schools? How often are girls at your school getting in trouble for dress code violations? And what are the violations?

We're new to SSSAS lower school and hearing a lot from other parents with older kids about the dress code craziness (another thread).

My sons' school has a dress code that requires clothing to be clean/in good condition, as well as certain length for shorts/skirts/dresses, undergarments must be covered. As a parent, I do feel like dress code is enforced more with boys than girls. Rumor has it that teachers, especially male ones, do not want to deal with citing a girl for a violation b/c of how it would look socially. Meanwhile, girls are wearing bottoms that they can't sit/bend in because everyone will see their business.

[Anonymous]

GDS: must wear shoes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours has no dress code at all and it's delightful. No one inspecting bodies. Frankly, they all wind up in in sweatpants and hoodies anyhow.

I prefer no dress code or a full uniform instead of teachers judging everyone's outfit every day to see if it meets the code.

Agreed. The dress code with no uniform tends to hit girls going through puberty hardest and these are the kids being most scrutinized already. A strict uniform makes it easier to understand what you have to do. Otherwise just forget about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours has no dress code at all and it's delightful. No one inspecting bodies. Frankly, they all wind up in in sweatpants and hoodies anyhow.

I prefer no dress code or a full uniform instead of teachers judging everyone's outfit every day to see if it meets the code.

Agreed. The dress code with no uniform tends to hit girls going through puberty hardest and these are the kids being most scrutinized already. A strict uniform makes it easier to understand what you have to do. Otherwise just forget about it.

I truly don't understand why any school would do anything different.

[Anonymous]

I love uniforms and I appreciate schools that enforce uniform standards.

[Anonymous]

Half the kids at my daughter's school go to class in PJs.