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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree wholeheartedly about getting rid of the uniforms.  Uniforms give the impression that Hardy still has serious discipline problems, which the uniforms presumably are intended to address.[/quote]

Hardy does not have uniforms.

Hardy has a dressing code which allows a good degree of flexibility , especially for girls.

Dressing code is meant to support integration within a very diverse school. A large majority of current parents and students are positive about this dressing code.

The ES feeder school coordination group has never mentioned  the dressing code as an issue or an area which requires change.[/quote]

Hmmm:  Principal Pride would probably object to your characterization of Hardy's uniform code:

http://www.hardyms.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=242736&type=d[/quote]

Thanks for sharing the link, which just confirms what I had just said. Hardy does not have a uniform. KIPP has a uniform. McKinley has a uniform. There you are required to purchase (or receive for free) from the school their custom-made, identical for all uniforms, with the school logo, etc.

This does not happen at Hardy, where kids are required to wear khaki bottoms and blue or white collared shirts  . You can buy your pants/skirts anywhere you want. Skits can be plain , pleated, long or short (knee-lenght). Girls can wear pants or skirs (in several uniformed school they have not choice but to wear a skirt!). Pants can be jeans-cut, traditional front pleated cut of straight or any other style (except cargos or or low waist pants which show underwear, thank God!) .

The webpage you just linked is very clear. It is a dress code, not a uniform.

"... Therefore we enforce a strict dress code to ensure that our students spend their time focused on academic achievement and not on fashion. Hardy students must follow the dress code every day that they come into school. ". [/quote]

and I quote, from the top:

"School Uniforms" -- "Hardy Middle School is Proud to be a UNIFORM school...."

Stop playin'....[/quote]

The webpage can call it in any way they want. If you go beyond the first line, you'll see that the school only has a dress code. The web page gives you indications on colors of bottoms and tops (and poses a limit for skirts which cannot be shorter than knee height, and no hoods inside the school).

If you visit the school, you'll see kids wear the same three colors, but display a variety of styles, and no school logos.

The logo t-shirts are sold by the PTO for fundrising , not by the school.[/quote]

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