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[quote=Anonymous]I am a teacher at a MS in No Va (I don't feel comfortable naming the school).  Although I am taking a year's leave to care for my daughter, I was in the office doing paperwork yesterday, and heard that the principal and certain members of the faculty are trying to change the dress code.  Currently, I believe it is similar to other schools in the area (bottoms-skirts, dresses, shorts-must be at least past the fingertips of the person wearing it; tops that are sleeveless must have straps at least two fingers-width, etc).  The admin in my school is tired of dealing with all the discipline issues and work created by the continuous dress code violations (usually by the girls).  Their proposal: bottoms will now come to knee length at minimum, and all tops are to be short-sleeved at minimum.

I am posting on the parents forum because this is not necessarily an academic issue, and I am actually wondering how parents feel about this.  If you have a moment, if you could sound off on the following questions, I would really appreciate it.  As a parent myself, I am not a fan of this plan, and would like to see how the community would react if that dress code was going to be coming to their middle school (FWIW, I teach in Loudon county, near Leesburg, lest some FCPS and ACPS parents get worried that the dress code is changing in the next few weeks for them!).

1.  Are you in favor of this plan?  Do you think it is feasible (ie, will it just make the problem worse in terms of disciplining)?  Do you think dressing like this will ultimately cause less distraction in the classroom and the halls?
2.  Do you think it is possible, given the current clothes available for pre-teen and teen girls, that dressing like this will be possible?  Would you have to buy a lot of new clothes to meet these requirements?
3.  In lieu of this plan, would you rather uniforms?

TIA![/quote]

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