Appropriate Dress
The clothing students select to wear to school should be appropriate for the academic, social, and
safety demands of their day. Students have a responsibility to dress and groom to show
cleanliness, promote safety, and demonstrate respect for themselves and others.
Per Board Policy 700-19 K-8 schools can establish their own Dress Code which may be different
from the below.
1. Clothing must be worn covering the full torso (from shoulders to mid-thigh).
a) Tops, including shirts, blouses, etc. will cover the midriff, back, sides, chest, shoulders
and all undergarments.
b) Bottoms including shorts, skirts, dresses, pants, jeans, sweat pants, leggings, etc. will
fall to mid-thigh on front, back and sides and will cover all undergarments, including
boxer shorts.
2. Students are not permitted to wear clothing or accessories that portray violent language,
images, hate speech, profanity, pornography, gang affiliation, sexual overtones, obscene,
vulgar, profane, sacrilegious, discriminatory prints and graffiti, and/or references to
alcohol, tobacco, drugs or weapons.
3. Material in both tops and bottoms will be solid and non-transparent. If an item is transparent
or see-through, appropriate solid clothing will be worn over or underneath to meet the listed
requirements.
4. Any tops or bottoms with a hole or holes that does not conform to expectations in #1 must
have another layer underneath and must not expose bare skin.
5. Shoes or other appropriate footwear will be worn at all times. Flip-flops and slides may be
considered a safety issue during certain activities, for example, Science, PE, Woodshop, etc.
Children without appropriate footwear may be excluded from certain activities. Students and
parents will be notified when flip-flops and slides are not acceptable for wear. Slippers are
not appropriate footwear.
6. Hats, caps, visors, hoods and all other head coverings are not appropriate for wear in school
buildings. Head coverings also include but are not limited to bandannas, picks, combs,
sweatbands, earmuffs and kerchiefs. Religious head coverings are excluded from these
requirements.
7. Outer garments such as coats and parkas will not be worn in the school building. They will
be put away as appropriate in lockers or designated areas when the student enters the school.
Building staff may determine when jackets and coats may be worn inside based on building
or classroom temperatures.
8. Sunglasses are only appropriate for wear in the building with an appropriate physician’s note.
9. Administrators may grant specific exemptions to dress expectations for school spirit days,
course requirements, sports uniforms, special events, performances, etc.