Some of the key changes that were proposed to the board stray away from the more traditional dress code that assigned lengths to shorts, or regulations to the type of straps girls could wear. Instead, the proposed language allows for less regulation as long as it does not disrupt a student’s learning.
From the beginning of Gridiron’s presentation, the proposed language states that, “All students should be able to dress appropriately and comfortably for school without fear of unnecessary discipline or fear of displaying their body in front of others when the dress code is enforced.”
Other proposed language addresses student’s decision to dress according to their gender identity, or their religious and cultural observance. Language also dealt with discrimination against hair texture and protective hairstyles like “braids, locks and twists.” Proposed language also addressed that dress code should not be enforced based on a student or staff member’s “personal perspective or discomfort.” Instead, they added, it should be regulated to, “prevent a student’s attire from interfering with their health and safety…or contribute to a hostile intimidating atmosphere.”
According to Gridiron, the way the dress code has been enforced, has left students feeling embarrassed and ashamed. But most of all they have missed time in class because they have had to leave class and change.
“We’re used to enforcing a dress code this way: we can just tell them go to the office. And that’s easy. And then they sit in the office and they wait to change. Now they’re missing out on class time. They’re embarrassed, they’re so on and so forth,” Gridiron said.
What his meeting with student and community taskforces dealt with the most was how to enforce a new dress code that doesn’t emphasize that a student is violating the dress code, or at least not in a way that is done in front of other students.
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Gridiron said that there is no one concrete idea that fits for every situation, but he did say that it is not an issue of whether clothes meet a particular length. What fits on one student may appear longer than what fits on another.
“It’s an issue of the shorts covering what needs to be covered… as long as they’re covering themselves, they’re appropriate. And then when they’re not covering themselves, we deal with that,” Gridiron said.
The proposed language stated that students must be reasonably covered by wearing appropriate bottoms, tops and shoes at all time. And tops must reach the waistband of bottoms regardless of arm position. More explicitly, according to Gridiron’s presentation, clothing must cover underwear, genitals, buttocks and shoulders. However, he did say that there has been pushback over the requirement of covering shoulders.
“What I’m proposing is [covering shoulders to be] taken out… you have parents who feel that wearing a strapless shirt creates more space for things to be shown that are not…And that’s a total assumption,” Gridiron said.
By removing some of the articles of clothing that students would be caught for, there is less of an opportunity that students will miss class.
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