quote:Originally posted by GoFish:quote:Originally posted by GoFish:quote:Originally posted by bamamom196807:
My point is that if you are going to issue a dress code that strict then put in a uniform. Other wise make is simple.
Administration TRIED to make it simple. We stupid parents (collectively speaking) put a stop to that.
If you recall, the original proposition was for khaki pants and golf shirts. True "uniforms." I was all for that.
However, parents revolted, attended meetings and put a stop to simplicity so Kendy Behrends held meetings to come up with a compromise between what the school system wanted and what the parents wanted. I attended those meetings.
We ended up with what we have now. It's stupid, convoluted and sometimes doesn't make sense (my child can't wear a North Face jacket? Why?) but it is far superior to the sIutty and ghetto styles were shockingly prevalent before there was a code.
Yes, the present Florence Schools dress code is rendolent of the definition of camel: a horse designed by committee. It's confusing, and has many things wrong with it.
But khakis and golf shirts as an alternative? Come on! It would take a very dominated and subservient child that would feel very happy at the prospect of wearing his parents' styles in clothing! No, the Administration gave their proposed policy a poisoned pill by its dreariness and stupidity. After all, it's really an additional burden to parents to prescribe a uniform that would be totally dorkish and unsuitable for wear after school!