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[quote=Anonymous]We are in DC and have uniforms, which I thought I’d like for the reasons people mentioned on the thread— easier, puts all kids at the same level. But turns out I hate it and here is why:

- It doesn’t get rid of the competition or pressure to dress a certain way, or change the fact that kids with more expensive clothes stand out. Our uniform is very standard and includes an option for a plaid jumper dress over a blouse. This option easily costs 4x what the polo shirt with shorts/pants/skirt option costs. The girls are of course all obsessed with getting the jumper dresses, which are also fussier and harder to play in. It’s ver annoying— without uniforms she’d be happy in brightly colored (an inexpensive) tees and shorts.

- The uniforms look good for a month and then look awful. You can buy higher quality from Lands End but it’s incredibly expensive— it’s really only cost effective if you have multiple kids who will wear it. Without uniforms, I could buy good quality items from Primary or similar that would hold up without breaking the bank.

- Uniforms require everyone to buy the same items at the same time, which means there’s often a run on certain items in August. But then if you need to size up mid year, it can be hard to find things because stores don’t stock it and inventory online is low.

A lot of this could be solved if the uniform was just a t-shirt and a set of permitted bottoms, which many schools do. But people get attached to the boarding school look and that’s what we have. I was enamored with the idea of my kid in plaid skirts for like a month and now I’m so over it.[/quote]

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