The responsibility for student dress and general appearance rests with individual students and parents. However, the Board of Education requires students to attend school in appropriate dress that meets health and safety standards and does not interfere with the learning process. The
Board also requires students to wear appropriate protective gear in certain classes (e.g., home economics, shop, P.E.). In addition, the Board prohibits attire bearing an expression or insignia which is obscene or inappropriate, or which advocates racial or religious prejudice, or which displays and/or encourages the use of drugs, alcohol or tobacco. Students are prohibited from
using, wearing, depicting, possessing or displaying the Confederate flag or its likeness, except when they are used as part of the curriculum and approved by a teacher or administrator. The dress codes shall be set forth in the Code of Conduct.
The Superintendent of Schools and other designated administrative personnel shall have the authority to require a student to change his/her attire should it be deemed inappropriate according to the above guidelines. A student who refuses to comply with a principal’s or designee’s directive may be subject to disciplinary action.
Cross-ref: 5300, Student Conduct
Adoption date: May 27, 1997
Revised: October 24, 2011
Reviewed: May 22, 2017
Revised: August 10, 2020