Board Policy 5114.2

Dress Code K-12

 

 

All students enrolled in the Ironton City School District are expected to dress in an acceptable fashion.  Extremes of any nature that detract from the educational process will not be permitted.  Extremes are those forms of dress that cause a disturbing affect on the student body, hinder the normal pattern of the educational atmosphere, or are injurious to the child’s safety.  If a student’s health habits indicate a hazard to other students, remedial action will be taken.

 

1.                    Children in kindergarten through grade six may wear slacks, jeans, skirts, skorts (split skirts) or dresses. Sunsuits or swimsuits, halter tops, and bare midriff tops are not permitted.  Extremely tight pants or shorts, cutoff shorts, and extremely baggy shorts or pants will not be permitted. 

 

2.                    Girls in grades seven through twelve may wear slacks, jeans, dresses, skirts, or split skirts as long as they form a skirt appearance at a normal stance. 

 

3.                    Hair will be neat, clean, well groomed., and not dyed or sprayed a distractive color.

 

4.                    Students in kindergarten through grade twelve may wear shorts during appropriate weather.

 

5.                    Activity sponsors and coaches shall, with administrative guidance, set more conservative dress guidelines for their groups as needed.

 

6.                    Some general guidelines for all students (K-12):

 

a.                    Shirts, blouses, and jackets must be free of all sexually suggestive slogans.  Shirts with graphics may be worn as long as the graphics are not sexually suggestive, see through, or illustrate anything that would be in violation of school rules.

 

b.                   Patches, headbands, chained billfolds, bandannas, feathers, heel or toe taps, and knife holders are not to be worn.  Earrings in tongue, nose, eyebrows, or other exposed parts of the body except the ear are not to be worn. Sunglasses, caps, and hats are not to be worn inside the building.

 

c.                   Underclothing worn as outer garments are not acceptable.

 

d.                   Shoes will be worn.  For the safety of students, it is highly recommended that flip flops not be worn.

 

e.                    Foundation garments will be worn.

 

f.                    Ripped, cut, or torn clothing is not to be worn.  Neatly cut-off shorts of appropriate length are acceptable.

 

g.                   Pagers are not allowed in the building.  Portable phones (cell phones) may be in the possession of students during the course of the school day if they are   registered with the principal’s office and the parents and students have a signed Cell Phone Acceptable Use Agreement on file.

h.                    Leotards are not to be worn alone as a substitute for jeans or slacks.

 

i.                      Clothing, buttons and patches with insignias, slogans, logos, or pictures, that are sexually suggestive, obscene, profane, or vulgar, cannot be worn in school.

 

j.                      Drug, alcohol, or tobacco related logos, insignias, slogans, or pictures on clothing, buttons, patches, or signs are not permitted.

 

k.                     Jeans or pants must fit properly around the waist.  Any jeans or pants that cannot stay up without a belt or suspenders are prohibited.  In addition, no       undergarments can be showing at the waist.

 

l.                      Athletic bags carried to school must be stored in appropriate locker room areas or other designated areas.  Athletic bags cannot be carried from class to class.

 

m.                   Trench coats, over coats, and/or out-of-door coats are not allowed to be worn during class unless otherwise specified by the principal.

 

 

The Dress Code applies not only to school, but also extends to school activities.  If there is a violation of the Dress Code, the student will not be permitted in class until the infraction is corrected (removal from the classroom).  Repeated violations of any dress code guideline will be considered insubordination and may result in suspension.  Class time lost due to infractions must be made up by the student.  Corrections to the dress code violation can be accomplished in one of the following ways:

 

·         Replacing the item (example: changing a T-shirt)

·         The student removes the item, which violates the dress code (example: sunglasses, caps, etc.)

·         Students may call home to have replacement clothing brought

·         Student may be sent home

 

 

Clothing and grooming may be more strictly regulated when students are working with machinery, working in a laboratory, preparing food in class, working in the cafeteria, or participating in sports or physical education classes.

 

The principal and/or assistant principal shall have the final authority to determine violations of this policy

 

Adopted: May 25, 1999

Revised: May 22, 2000

Revised: August 19, 2008