Ideas for new MS dress code at SSSAS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same clothes as last year.

This dress code will not last long - it makes no sense, parents are confused, it’s hard to enforce (especially now that they said they won’t measure the “one inch distinguishable feature”) etc.

OK. But some of us are new to the school. Any recommendations?

Any top with a neckline around an inch is fine (most t-shirts fit this description). Just no spaghetti straps or off the shoulder or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Seems odd that they didn’t just use the US dress code wording - straps at least 1 inch wide (or just say nothing sleeveless). They definitely didn’t handle/communicate this one well.

MS parents, hang in there! US is great.

[Anonymous]

Checking in before we hit the Labor Day sales. One of our purchases will be Aeropostale polos - thank you, PP. Any other ideas or recent finds?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll need to chill. It’s not that bad.

+1

It’s pretty stressful for girls, although many will just wear dresses and they are fine.

But really I think the outrage is just a feeling that so many moms of girls complained and they don’t seem to care.

The girl vibe at the MS is a problem.

So to me this speaks to issues with the parents, not the schools. The school is trying to manage dress for middle schoolers who are often the most aggressive at pushing boundaries. It’s the only division at Potomac school that is required to wear a uniform and there is a good reason for it. Shorts are SO short, crop tops are so short. Skirts barely cover butts, bras are hanging out. It’s not appropriate and yet girls wear it all and parents allow it. Yes… it makes shopping a little harder and the girls can’t wear exactly what they want to wear but that is the point. So the parents gripe. But the school standing by its decision is completely appropriate. If parents want the Wild West, go to public.

My DC went to SSSAS for middle school, and I can guarantee that this is the issue. The boys had a limited dress code that was pretty much a uniform (basically khaki pants/shorts and polo shirts) and the girls were wearing whatever they wanted, including very skimpy tops. Sounds like they're trying to define something reasonable that keeps the girls from wearing sports bras to school. If the parents don't like it, they should have done a better job of overseeing what their girls were wearing before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll need to chill. It’s not that bad.

+1

It’s pretty stressful for girls, although many will just wear dresses and they are fine.

But really I think the outrage is just a feeling that so many moms of girls complained and they don’t seem to care.

The girl vibe at the MS is a problem.

So to me this speaks to issues with the parents, not the schools. The school is trying to manage dress for middle schoolers who are often the most aggressive at pushing boundaries. It’s the only division at Potomac school that is required to wear a uniform and there is a good reason for it. Shorts are SO short, crop tops are so short. Skirts barely cover butts, bras are hanging out. It’s not appropriate and yet girls wear it all and parents allow it. Yes… it makes shopping a little harder and the girls can’t wear exactly what they want to wear but that is the point. So the parents gripe. But the school standing by its decision is completely appropriate. If parents want the Wild West, go to public.

My DC went to SSSAS for middle school, and I can guarantee that this is the issue. The boys had a limited dress code that was pretty much a uniform (basically khaki pants/shorts and polo shirts) and the girls were wearing whatever they wanted, including very skimpy tops. Sounds like they're trying to define something reasonable that keeps the girls from wearing sports bras to school. If the parents don't like it, they should have done a better job of overseeing what their girls were wearing before.

No, the girls are still allowed to wear whatever dresses they want. They can be as short as they want and as low cut as they want and as long as they don’t have spaghetti straps it’s fine.

But if they want to wear pants or shorts, they have to wear a polo.

Explain that logic to me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ya’ll need to chill. It’s not that bad.

+1

It’s pretty stressful for girls, although many will just wear dresses and they are fine.

But really I think the outrage is just a feeling that so many moms of girls complained and they don’t seem to care.

The girl vibe at the MS is a problem.

So to me this speaks to issues with the parents, not the schools. The school is trying to manage dress for middle schoolers who are often the most aggressive at pushing boundaries. It’s the only division at Potomac school that is required to wear a uniform and there is a good reason for it. Shorts are SO short, crop tops are so short. Skirts barely cover butts, bras are hanging out. It’s not appropriate and yet girls wear it all and parents allow it. Yes… it makes shopping a little harder and the girls can’t wear exactly what they want to wear but that is the point. So the parents gripe. But the school standing by its decision is completely appropriate. If parents want the Wild West, go to public.

My DC went to SSSAS for middle school, and I can guarantee that this is the issue. The boys had a limited dress code that was pretty much a uniform (basically khaki pants/shorts and polo shirts) and the girls were wearing whatever they wanted, including very skimpy tops. Sounds like they're trying to define something reasonable that keeps the girls from wearing sports bras to school. If the parents don't like it, they should have done a better job of overseeing what their girls were wearing before.

No, the girls are still allowed to wear whatever dresses they want. They can be as short as they want and as low cut as they want and as long as they don’t have spaghetti straps it’s fine.

But if they want to wear pants or shorts, they have to wear a polo.

Explain that logic to me?

They’ve already said the girls don’t have to wear a collared top because sweaters without a collar are ok, including tank top or short sleeve sweaters - basically anything that is a knit, including ribbed tees. If you email the Dean of Students she’ll give good suggestions.

Not sure why they didn’t email her suggestions out instead of 100 photos of girls busts, lol! THAT was weird!! Why did all the parents need to see that!?!

[Anonymous]

I have liked the new head of the MS but I thought a male administrator emailing all 300 families so many pictures of girls in tops was inappropriate and unnecessary. I've never heard of another school handling a dress code in this manner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing from MS parents that this dress code is awful but the school isn’t budging.

Can someone explain?

Apparently the administration really wants girls in dresses so they’ve said if a girl wants to wear pants she has to wear a collared polo like the LS kids!?! What!?!?

Where on earth would you get that assumption? Kids can wear a sweater, a sweatshirt, a dress, or a shirt with a collar....ruffle collar, peter pan collar, polo, button up, etc. This isn't that deep.

This is actually what I heard too (that they want girls in dresses). I guess the head of school is really conservative?

Also btw how many girls shirts have ruffle or peter pan colors?!?

They should just do a uniform.

The HoS is not conservative. Clearly you don’t know the school. And, as a parent of an US student this dress code sounds ridiculous.