As some schools add uniforms, Seattle's extremely simplified dress code is making waves
A top, a bottom and footwear.
That’s the much-simplified dress code Seattle Public Schools introduced to more than a hundred schools in its jurisdiction, beginning this school year.
The change comes after teachers, students and school-board members complained that students lost learning time when they had to go home for dress-code violations. They also said the old rules — which included bans on leggings, sagging pants and shorts with a 4-inch inseam — discriminated against girls and students of color.
In response, the district took dress codes out of the hands of individual schools and created a single, simple edict: As long as clothes will not reveal private parts or incite hostility, all students have to do is wear is a top and bottom (or a dress) and shoes. That’s it.
The decision made waves locally. Ronald Boy, legal counsel to Seattle Public Schools, said he received a flood of support on social media from current and former students and parents across Washington. And while, so far, few other schools or school districts in Washington have adopted similar dress-code policies, Boy said he heard from some school administrators who mentioned doing so.
Read more: https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/as-debate-over-school-dress-codes-heats-up-seattle-schools-simplify-rules-while-some-in-everett-opt-for-uniforms/
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