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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No phones seems fine but why no shorts?

As a European, I love America's freedom to wear shorts. The no shorts thing sounds very British and not in a good way...[/quote]

Quoting from the student handbook (which you can find on the Banneker website):
Virtually all professions have either
explicit or implicit standards of dress.
While some professions allow for
more individual expression in terms
of attire than others, the relationship
between one's dress habits and one's
work habits seems clear. The
administration and faculty expect
students and teachers to come to
school wearing neat, simple,
comfortable clothing which is in
keeping with the academic
atmosphere of the school. It is
expected that students dress
appropriately for this academic setting
this includes all assembly program,
honor societies inductions and field
trips. 
...
Shorts, biker shorts, cut-off
jeans, jeans or pants with holes,
or cut out above the knee, lowriders pants and jeans, yoga pants,
riding pants, pajama pants, tennis
skirts, play clothes, and hair
curlers are not permitted to be
worn. [b]All pants must be at least
knee length.[/b][/quote]

I agree with the dress code.....I can't believe what some kids are allowed to wear to school. I used to think it was common sense...nope![/quote]

Banneker's been like this since I was there in the 90s. Ms. Berger and Ms. Dennis (still there btw) would walk around with sweatpants in the morning and make people change in the bathrooms. When you consider where a lot of us were coming from, it made sense. It was a reform school in a lot of ways. Things I didn't even realize were bad form: chewing with my mouth open, popping gum, smacking my lips when I spoke, slouching. They were big on etiquette. [/quote]

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