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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll be provocative:[b] white parents don't want the uniforms,[/b] so when you see your uniformed DCPS switch to non-uniformed, you'll know that you've reached the tipping point.[/quote]

Black parent here.  This is why I don’t like the idea of uniforms, and the EOTP vs. WOTP divide in this—too much tied to race in DC.  Also, uniforms don’t improve outcomes in low-performing schools, as had been previously thought.[/quote]

Good point. We now know that uniforms don't control behavior. The optics are bad that the wealthier WOTP schools don't have uniforms but some of the EOTP do. I don't like uniforms. To me, it's a visual reminder/dividing line to kids that they're not in the same kind of school as the kids at wealthier schools. Yes, in DC this is tied to race. I understand that some private schools have uniforms, but the kids in DCPS with uniforms know quite well they're not in privates.

Some posters have equated no uniforms with catering to snowflakes and having uniforms with fitting in with the lower income families. Not every lower income family has the same needs. Surely some lower income families have children with sensory issues too or would prefer to not wear uniforms. Lower Income isn't a group with all the same needs.

I'm sure I'll get excoriated for this, but I would have serious pause about sending my kids to a school with uniforms. To me, it's indicative of the school culture in a negative way, and is tied to lower expectations for socio emotional skills and other UMC expectations. I'm not saying I would never do it, but it would be an issue for me. Luckily we're happy with our uniform-free WOTP school. I'm also not looking for a bunch of responses telling me how great the socio emotional skills are at their kids' uniformed EOTP school. I'm happy for every family that is pleased with their school, but this is how I read the signals.

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