Uniforms Should Not Restrict Dress Codes In Schools

It has been proposed that all public schools should not restrict their dress codes and eliminate uniforms. According to the District of Columbia uniform policy ‘uniforms’ are defined as the clothing of the same style and/or color and standard look that is agreed by a school community. However, a dress code identifies what clothes cannot be worn to school. It is possible for a school to have bothered a uniform and a dress code. Uniforms were first enforced at a time when gang violence was at an all-time high and students would get targeted for having the wrong color on in a certain neighborhood. Many people have seen this as a violation of students first amendments, their ability to be individuals and their ability to fully acknowledge and

In the fall of 1987, uniforms first appeared in a public school at Cherry Hill Elementary after a child was badly beaten of a pair of glasses that cost 95 dollars. Uniforms and dress codes were put in place to reassure that this did not occur again. By fall of 1989 mandated uniforms had spread to 39 other schools in urban schools with manly low incomes and minority students. Uniforms were never created to harm any student if anything they were created to help them to have a sense of belonging and protecting them. To be protected is to be covered or shielded from exposure. School uniform has provided a form of protection for every individual that wears

They sought a large increase in attendance and in test scores. Discipline problems have also shown that it decreased among 58,500 students in the district. The district spokesman for Long Beach Unified, Richard Van Der Laan, stated: “uniforms really level the playing field between the haves and have-nots.” Having uniforms in all public schools in that district did not opt out anyone based on their social economics. For every student to be guaranteed a uniform for this school district local businesses, community service groups and individuals helped poor families obtain uniforms by supporting them financially. Overall it was reported that crime was down by 36% and students’ suspensions by 32% throughout the district. It has again been proven that the implication of uniforms was doing more good than harm. School uniforms not only increased attendance but it also cut down on the distractions at schools, increased students self-confidence, produces an esprit de corps among students, and removed causes of school crime, violence and gang