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Monday, July 7, 2008
Yay or Nay to School Uniforms?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Many students will be required to wear uniforms at several Clayton County elementary and middle schools beginning in August, thanks to a survey filled out by parents of children in those respective schools.
Dress codes are a subtle way to prepare our children for the real world where they must dress for success, a mindset that seems lost on some these days.
“According to studies across the nation, uniform dress codes lessen emphasis on fashion, reduce the financial burden on families, and promote learning, school pride, and peer acceptance,” says Clayton County Public Schools spokesman Charles White via press release.
Every school I ever attended enforced a dress code, the most stringent being my catholic high school. Although there were days I despised that uniform, some days what to wear was one less worry. Further, the unified dress leveled the playing field between the alleged haves and have nots as far as clothing went.
Some deem uniforms unaffordable. But are they any more or less expensive than the designer duds most kids wear to school nowadays? As far as freedom of expression, I can only reiterate the old adage that the clothes do not make the man (or woman).
Hopefully this policy will eventually be implemented in our high schools, where it is probably needed most. If some high school students I’ve seen are any indication, the dress code adopted under former superintendent Barbara Pulliam is not being enforced. However, parents who buy the clothes and allow their child to leave home wearing certain attire are most responsible.
What are your thoughts on school uniforms? Should all students be forced to wear uniforms, or should CCPS just enforce the dress code already in place?
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