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The Mesquite school district has had a history of conservative dress. In the 1960s and 1970s, district officials battled students over hair length, once sending a 10-year-old boy home because his hair reached his shirt collar.
In 1970, the district laid down firm rules against dress and behavior deemed to be disruptive. It was among the first in the area to adopt a dress standard.
“It’s just a part of our district culture,” Jobe said. “It’s a belief that employees and students should dress in a certain way. We call it the business of school.”
The state grants authority to districts to set their own dress codes, which means standards can vary from district to district and even campus to campus. Dress codes have been a touchy subject for years, said Barbara Williams with the Texas Association of School Boards.
While there are no firm statistics, dress codes haven’t been as controversial in recent years as districts deal with finance problems.
Many area districts don’t prohibit tight pants for girls or boys, though a few dress codes address two other recent fads, saggy and baggy pants.
Reavis Wortham, a Garland school district spokesman, said baggy pants have been popular, but “I’ve seen principals tell [students] to pull them up and they pull them up.”
Wortham and officials in other districts, including Dallas, Richardson, Plano and Allen, said skinny pants have not been a problem.
In the Irving and Carrollton-Farmers Branch school districts, the student codes of conduct are written in a broad manner that prohibit outfits deemed as immodest or disruptive, no matter what fashion wave gives rise to them.
Officials said principals could deem extremely tight pants or skinny jeans in violation of their respective code’s provisions on modesty.
“If they’re just really worn so tight, they would be considered to be immodest,” said Lane Ladewig, Irving’s campus operations director.
In Mesquite, Jobe said that although district officials don’t necessarily have a problem with skinny pants outside of class, they’re not appropriate for school.
Pope disagreed. On Tuesday, she told a local TV station she was going to appeal the district’s decision. But a day later, she said she decided to pull Seth out of school instead.
“To not be getting your education because of pants … I don’t want him to learn that,” she said.
Website: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/11...
The Mesquite school district has had a history of conservative dress. In the 1960s and 1970s, district officials battled students over hair length, once sending a 10-year-old boy home because his hair reached his shirt collar.
In 1970, the district laid down firm rules against dress and behavior deemed to be disruptive. It was among the first in the area to adopt a dress standard.
“It’s just a part of our district culture,” Jobe said. “It’s a belief that employees and students should dress in a certain way. We call it the business of school.”
The state grants authority to districts to set their own dress codes, which means standards can vary from district to district and even campus to campus. Dress codes have been a touchy subject for years, said Barbara Williams with the Texas Association of School Boards.
While there are no firm statistics, dress codes haven’t been as controversial in recent years as districts deal with finance problems.
Many area districts don’t prohibit tight pants for girls or boys, though a few dress codes address two other recent fads, saggy and baggy pants.
Reavis Wortham, a Garland school district spokesman, said baggy pants have been popular, but “I’ve seen principals tell [students] to pull them up and they pull them up.”
Wortham and officials in other districts, including Dallas, Richardson, Plano and Allen, said skinny pants have not been a problem.
In the Irving and Carrollton-Farmers Branch school districts, the student codes of conduct are written in a broad manner that prohibit outfits deemed as immodest or disruptive, no matter what fashion wave gives rise to them.
Officials said principals could deem extremely tight pants or skinny jeans in violation of their respective code’s provisions on modesty.
“If they’re just really worn so tight, they would be considered to be immodest,” said Lane Ladewig, Irving’s campus operations director.
In Mesquite, Jobe said that although district officials don’t necessarily have a problem with skinny pants outside of class, they’re not appropriate for school.
Pope disagreed. On Tuesday, she told a local TV station she was going to appeal the district’s decision. But a day later, she said she decided to pull Seth out of school instead.
“To not be getting your education because of pants … I don’t want him to learn that,” she said.
Website: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/11...
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