Dress codes
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By MARILYN BROWN mbrown@tampatrib.com
Published: Mar 10, 2006
TAMPA
"Some years it's flip-flops. Others, the messages on T-shirts.
This year, too much flesh is driving some Hillsborough County school board members nuts.
"I don't want to see no bellies, no boobies, no butts," said Susan Valdes, a school board member pushing for changes in both the student dress code and in enforcement. "
However despite some dress code changesd last years banning certain types of footwear, kids kept wearing them because of lax enforcement.
Students wore the supercasual shoes at some schools anyway, and school
administrators were told to step up enforcement of the code in a consistent,
countywide effort.
That hasn't happened, but Superintendent MaryEllen Elia vows things will be different when a new school year begins in August.
"We're not going to let this go," Elia said. "This will be more formalized. We're going to get this settled before parents have already gone out and bought their kids' clothes."
Tough To Enforce
Parents may be informed earlier, but school administrators said that doesn't mean they'll take note. It's also tough to monitor between 1,000 and 2,000 students at each middle and high school, where most violations occur.
Solution: Let them wear uniforms.
5 comments:
As a school board member I would think that Susan Valdez would proper grammar!
How about letting them wear flip flops and spend time on more pressing issues. My son wears flip flops almost every day, is an "A" student, and will be attending Stetson next yr. on a large scholarship. Get a life.
I'm sure that no one would then sue the school because a toe was injured going up some stairs or stepped on in the halls or in any other way because of that. How about parents enforcing the rules including dress codes so that the schools can spend more time on pressing issues?
If all students were like Stacy's son then we would not have problems But they are not and so we do have problems
Please let me know how many broken toe lawsuits the county has had to fight off in the past few years?
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