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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it gives the schools a bit of school spirit, and [b]as far as I know it's not really an economic burden on anyone.[/b] I think it should be a school-by-school decision. Not sure why it would have to be a policy imposed by the top. [/quote]

It's an economic burden on a fair number of people, PP. I have always felt that if DCPS is requiring students to come wearing uniforms, they should be required to pay for those uniforms, because it is a burden for families with very limited incomes.[/quote]
There are ALWAYS tons of hand me downs at our school. I think eliminating uniforms will just highlight socioeconomic disparities. I saw this in my HS and it created mean rich kids and poor kids with self esteem issues who also then became too materialistic. Whenever it was game day at my HS we wore our sports uniform and those were the best days. So easy. The rest of the time I fretted about what to wear and felt very insecure despite being solidly middle class 
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