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[quote=Anonymous]I posted at 9:55 on page 1 of this thread. This year at our school, we have had 4-5 requests for assistance with uniforms from parents. I think that many of the posters on this thread are severely out of touch with what "low income" means in a lot of cases. In DC, a family of 4 is eligible for food assistance if they make less than $48k a year gross. Our school is ~70% people who are SNAP-eligible. Spending $75/kid on school uniforms is out of reach for most families who are receiving benefits.

My main issue is that these are public schools. Children have a right to receive an education from kindergarten to grade 12, and I feel that schools that require students to come in uniform every day are imposing an undue burden on the neediest students who need the education the most - and even more infuriatingly, they are doing it in the name of reducing stigma and increasing focus on education.

As a culture, we have determined that families at certain income levels are to be granted assistance with things like school lunches, school-provided aftercare, and transportation. We have not made that same determination about uniforms, but schools still continue to require them.[/quote]

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