Why are some students allowed frequent dress code violations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is life--everyone makes choices about how they are going to follow rules. Good for your child to get used to it. And when these kids are in HS getting detention for being dress coded, they will still get into great colleges. So the dress code violations really don't matter in the big picture.

PS which school makes girls wear leggings under skirts? Cant they wear shorts under skirts if it's hot?

I wondered about this too. Our school requires shorts or leggings (but the shorts aren't supposed to be visible, so I don't know how they'd know), but always requiring leggings seems odd.

[Anonymous]

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What sort of dress codes violations did you see, OP?

The biggest one is that boys have to wear collared shirts and girls have to wear leggings under dresses. The boy in question wears a graphic t-shirt every day and the girl in question never wears leggings. I understand the grace bit, but this is hard to explain away, especially in private. DD doesn't judge, but she's curious as to what rules are ok to break.

I would almost guarantee that these are both sensory issues that the parents have discussed with the school.

Why graphic tees instead of plain ones, then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my school there are some boys who are allowed to wear basketball shorts/high socks while the other boys are in belts/slacks and it's because....their parents are alums of the school and friends with admin.

This is the answer. School does not want donations from violating families to go down. The families take an arrogant approach that they can do whatever the h they want….they're very special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The answer to your daughter is "I'm not sure why Larla doesn't follow it, but that's between her family and the teacher. Our family's going to follow it and you're doing a great job."

Kind of surprised about leggings being required under dresses. Are you sure bike shorts or cartwheel shorts aren't just as acceptable?

Erm, how would you check for this? Seems highly problematic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The answer to your daughter is "I'm not sure why Larla doesn't follow it, but that's between her family and the teacher. Our family's going to follow it and you're doing a great job."

Kind of surprised about leggings being required under dresses. Are you sure bike shorts or cartwheel shorts aren't just as acceptable?

Erm, how would you check for this? Seems highly problematic.

Pretty sure this is the reason for the leggings requirement.