By Joe Cutter May 30, 2017 10:35 PM
What kids wear to school becomes more of an issue as the weather warms and we move closer to school’s end.
Students may opt for casual, but some districts discourage dress that is too casual — as in beach wear or revealing summer attire not deemed appropriate for class.
Janet Bamford of the New Jersey School Boards Association says there is no state-mandated school dress code, so it varies from district to district.
New Jersey law does allow for individual school dress codes on the local level.
“One kind of landmark addition was in 1996 when school dress codes were allowed to address what comes to ‘gang apparel,’ and also to permit school uniforms,” she said.
Bamford says there is a lot of variation from district to district in New Jersey, from no dress code at all to a few districts that mandate uniforms.
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So sad that we even have to discuss this topic.
A pathetic reflection on parenting today…
At my high school girls were sent home to change if they wore short skirts or pants. Any pants. Now I see girls walking to or from school and they look like whores.
I was horrified a few years ago when the girls were leaving Ridgewood High in only skimpy bra tops without a covering shirt. I asked one of the boys if they wore more coverage while they were in school, assuming they had taken off shirts when they got through the school doors. The answer was “No”. I asked, “Doesn’t it interfere with your concentration?” They laughed and responded “Who has any concentration at all when the girls look like that?” Students have enough trouble studying when the school is hot and the lack of dress code should not be a further distraction. Now the famous “When My kids went to school…they had a dress code.” Why not now?
What happened to freedom of expression? Everybody wears what they want and everything is okay. I’m appalled by 4:34 and 5:35’s comments…. girls are not responsible for boys concentration issues. That’s some seriously backwards sexist thinking.