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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, blaming middle school girls for harming their community based on their clothing is really something else. As a SSSAS parent, I’m horrified.[/quote]
DP, but I assume it’s a general detention requirement that you write a letter addressing your infraction, which is fine for many behaviors that result in detention, but when applied to dress code violations becomes ridiculous, and should definitely be rethought. [/quote]

Ideally it would have been rethought well before they did this to many girls.

I have given up on the school. The lack of leadership on this issue is astonishing. I happen to know parents who did recently bring this issue to Kirsten Adams and she said she didn’t care and she didn’t think any of the things discussed here were a problem, or were harmful to girls. C’est la vie. We are making a change asap. [/quote]

Yikes, that’s a disappointing response. You’d think the school would at least care about some of the reputational damage if not concern for students themselves.[/quote]

Maybe she cares about the issue but doesn’t want to hear another parent complain when their child broke dress code and got called out for it.  Not to be a totally jerk but it is NOT appropriate to show skin on the torso at work almost anywhere other than a nightclub or a pool.  No skin at all.  Not when you reach up and not when you reach down.  So… the school is teaching the kids how the world actually works.  They actually had to ban pajamas.  So did other schools.  Why?  Because quite unbelievably wearing pajamas and slippers to school became totally acceptable.  So maybe Adams cares about the long view.  Maybe she wants SSSAS kids to show up at competitions and interviews in clothes that don’t distract from the amazing abilities and skills the kids actually have.  Stop the breathless panic over this. It’s a positive.  [/quote]

And the best way to teach this valuable life skill is with near-constant inspections of the girls by their educators?

Plenty of other schools in the DC area manage to have less restrictive dress codes AND far more prestigious graduates. Clearly they figure out how to look and behave professionally. [/quote]

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