Dress Code

The following clothing and accessories are inappropriate attire for any student at school or school-related or sanctioned activity:

• Shorts, including skirts, or dresses shorter than the length of all fingertips when standing with arms at the side.
• Track shorts are prohibited (6-12 grades).
• Spandex shorts are prohibited.
• Pants worn below the natural waistline or sagging, bagging or extremely loose pants.
• Shirts or blouses that reveal undergarments or cleavage, midriff length tops that leave exposed skin, or halter tops.
• Exposed undergarments, including bra straps and boxer/briefs, or undergarments visible under clothing.
• Shirts that reveal skin around the waist when the student is sitting, bending or reaching.
• Bedtime attire, pajamas with or without pockets, undershirts, or undergarments worn as outerwear, e.g., boxer shorts.
• Clothing made of any see-through material, fish net, or very loosely woven fabric, unless other acceptable clothing is worn underneath.
• Sleeveless shirts are not acceptable, .e.g., tank tops. Shirts or blouses that reveal undergarments or cleavage, midriff length tops that leave exposed skin, halter tops, strapless (off the shoulder), spaghetti straps or racerback shirts are not permitted.
• Slippers or house shoes.
• Hair grooming products such as combs, picks or rollers worn in the hair are not acceptable.

All students will exemplify grooming standards that project a positive image for the student, school, and District.

• Students are expected to exhibit basic cleanliness and grooming that will not be a health or safety threat to themselves or to other staff / student.
• Student’s hair must be clean and neatly groomed.
• Bangs or hair must not obstruct a student’s vision at any time. Hair must not cover the student’s eyes at any time.
• Hairbands may be worn to ensure proper vision at all times.

The following hairstyles or colorings are inappropriate grooming for any student at school or a school related or sanctioned activity:

• Liberty spikes or other sculptured hairstyles.
• Neon or other hair colorings or bleaching, whether permanent or temporary, in shade or tone that the principal determines to be unnatural, such as, but not limited to, neon orange, neon pink, magenta, any shade of blue, any shade of green, violet, purple, white.
• Hair coloring, bleaching, highlighting for the purpose of creating extreme differences in color, shade, or tone between sections of individual strands of hair, hair extensions, weaves, or areas of hair on the head.
• Distracting styles (i.e. mohawks) will not be allowed. Patterns or designs shaved or cut into the hair, notched eyebrows, etc.
• Goatees, beards, mustaches and other facial hair are not permitted. Sideburns must be neatly trimmed and no longer than the bottom of the earlobes.

Clothing worn at school or school-related or sanctioned activities may not display printed statements or pictures: 

1. That are vulgar or obscene;
2. That are related to or depict sexual activity;
3. That promotes hate or violence in general or are directed at any specific person or group of persons; or
4. That are related to or depict the use of drugs, alcohol, guns, ammunition, or tobacco.

• Students may not wear any jewelry or similar artifacts that are obscene or distracting or that are likely to cause a disruption to the educational environment or may be used as a weapon.
• Students may not wear tongue piercings, facial jewelry (nose, lip, brow), or facial decorations (other than normal makeup). Spacers, spikes, gauges, cartilage bars, and mouth jewelry are not allowed.
• Students may wear earrings that are appropriate and not distracting (pins, spikes, cartilage bars, mouth jewelry, and gauges are not acceptable).
• Tattoos including temporary tattoos and skin drawings must be covered at all times while students are under the school’s jurisdiction.

Clothing, grooming or any attire that identifies or connects a student with a gang is prohibited. The principal will stay updated on clothing items that are deemed to be gang-related.

• Hats, caps or other coverings are not permitted in the school building.
• Sunglasses may not be worn in the building unless approved with a physician's note.
• Excessive makeup or jewelry is not acceptable.
• Student contact lenses must be a natural color or shade. Distracting styles or colors are not allowed.
• Blankets are NOT allowed to be brought to school.

The district reserves the right to prohibit any clothing or grooming style that the administration determines to pose health or safety hazards or that may cause the disruption of, a distraction from, or interference with general school operations. The district also reserves the right to alter the dress code for special occasions as deemed necessary by the campus administrator.