Dress Code Violations In Schools

As a former student of Aldine Senior High school, I noticed the different consequences students received for their behaviors. It’s quite easy for a teenager to violate certain regulations, for instance the school’s dress code system. While, I understand that students who violate the dress code policy need to be disciplined, the punishment should not compromise the student’s education nor should it be unproportional to the action. In every school, there is a form of dress code and it may or may not evolve over the years. For the most part, schools have employed disciplinary actions primarily suspension and SAC. Both of these “solutions” involving students to miss out from their education. It is important to have a set of solutions when a

It doesn't do any good to send kids back home when they have minor in fragments of dress code. In most schools, a student who commits an offense within the dress code requirements receives SAC or is usually suspended for the day. However, someone who is wearing a strapless shirt shouldn’t get the same disciplinary action as a person who comes in school property wearing a bathing suit. If both students are given one or two free days of suspension, it may not actually feel like a punishment, especially if they don’t like attending school. In most cases students are purposely trying to get suspended or finding a way out of an assignment leading them to frequent suspension and removal from their

Suspending a student for minor dress code violations might not always work as the faculty plans it to be. Nevertheless, if more alternative solutions were enforced such as in-school suspension, loss of privileges, school and community service programs can benefit and motivate the student to not break the dress code offenses as often. In-school suspension may help to decrease the minor infractions so they won’t occur again. In-school suspension could be given when a student violates the dress code frequently, it’s an effective solution and it’s doesn’t harm a student from their studies. Another useful alternative to stop minor violations can be the loss of privileges in a school organization or sport. For example, if the star basketball player gets an offense from violating the dress code he might get out of his disciplinary actions with a warning. A warning may be issued for their first violation, but if it’s frequently occurring they will lose the privilege to play in the next game. This action could also be put upon a member of an organization.

Over the course of the school year there may be staff members who explain the reason for their school system dress code. Most of the times they may first proceed with positive outcomes stating how there is less distraction in the classroom, a decrease in bullying, and a safety in harassment. On the contrary, it’s not helpful to pull a student out of class,