re: Something I've been wondering RE: school uniforms...

So many thoughts.

Uniforms are quite the distraction in themselves with teachers over policing them. If your belt is the wrong color, or you sweater, it’s an issue.

My kids could never wear the inexpensive uniform pants available at Walmart and Academy. They fell off of them and the only pants that fit them were gap kids. Not a problem unique to my kids but to many.

After Laura, Calcasieu sb suspended the uniform policy and the kids absolutely proved they could handle it. I heard from so many teachers how much nicer it was without having to deal with policing uniforms. A responsible dress code can still be enforced without uniforms. No holes in pants, no sweatpants or pj type pants and short length needed to be respectable. It worked.

And I’m going to add this to—the uniform requirement for public school is basically another tax we bear. Having to buy an entire separate set of clothing for school is a burden. Clothes that can do double duty in a child’s life is a more efficient use of money and space. And gone are the days of Walmart jeans being trash. Teenagers get jeans from Walmart all the time that are cute. There are now much better options than there were.

Cpsb finally relaxed the uniform policy last summer and allow jeans with school tshirts now. It’s a big step in the right direction and everyone is so much happier.