Weird000000
New Member
Anne Arundel County Public Schools (where I attend as a senior) has a dress code as follows:
"I. Students have the right and responsibility to choose their attire and to arrange their personal appearance in a manner which is healthy, safe, inoffensive and not disruptive to the educational process. Accordingly, students are prohibited from wearing clothing, hats, jewelry, bookbags, or other articles of personal
appearance which:
A. depict profanity, vulgarity, obscenity or violence;
B. promote use or abuse of tobacco, drugs or alcohol;
C. may create a health or safety hazard; or
D. may create a significant risk of a material and substantial disruption to the educational process or the operation of the school.
II. In addition, except in individual cases as approved by the principal of a school, the following specific items are not permitted:
A. bare feet;
B. hats, caps, hoods or other head wear except as required for health, safety, or religious purposes; and
C. clothing worn in such a manner so as to reveal underwear or bare skin between the upper chest and mid-thigh.
III. When there is evidence that a student's attire or personal appearance violates this policy, the principal or principal's designee shall intervene and take corrective actions, including but not limited to, requiring that the student remove or change the item, taking reasonable steps to notify the student's parents of the violation, and, for repeated violations, initiating progressive discipline for insubordination as appropriate, which may include suspension from school."
I wore a red bandana covering my head and tied in the back pirate-style for the first three days of this week. Some administrators/teachers asked me to remove it, and I asked why and got three different answers, but I almost always removed it. The three answers were "It's Board policy" from the principal, "It's disrespectful" from a teacher, and an explanation that because of Columbine students are not permitted to stand out because of their headgear. This last was from an administrator who on Wednesday took my bandana from me and arranged a meeting with my designated administrator for today. At this meeting, I was told that they could have suspended me for insubordination for continuing to wear the bandana, but they left me with a verbal warning and a parental phone call. If, however, I wear headgear on the school premises again, I will be suspended.
Although I agree with and accept the actions taken so far by the administrators and principal, their job is to enforce the Board's policies, these incidents have led me to question the policy itself. The bandana was in no way distracting or disruptive until the administrator called me from class for the meeting. Does anybody see a way I can convince my school to allow me to wear my bandana? Any help at all would be appreciated. Thank you.
"I. Students have the right and responsibility to choose their attire and to arrange their personal appearance in a manner which is healthy, safe, inoffensive and not disruptive to the educational process. Accordingly, students are prohibited from wearing clothing, hats, jewelry, bookbags, or other articles of personal
appearance which:
A. depict profanity, vulgarity, obscenity or violence;
B. promote use or abuse of tobacco, drugs or alcohol;
C. may create a health or safety hazard; or
D. may create a significant risk of a material and substantial disruption to the educational process or the operation of the school.
II. In addition, except in individual cases as approved by the principal of a school, the following specific items are not permitted:
A. bare feet;
B. hats, caps, hoods or other head wear except as required for health, safety, or religious purposes; and
C. clothing worn in such a manner so as to reveal underwear or bare skin between the upper chest and mid-thigh.
III. When there is evidence that a student's attire or personal appearance violates this policy, the principal or principal's designee shall intervene and take corrective actions, including but not limited to, requiring that the student remove or change the item, taking reasonable steps to notify the student's parents of the violation, and, for repeated violations, initiating progressive discipline for insubordination as appropriate, which may include suspension from school."
I wore a red bandana covering my head and tied in the back pirate-style for the first three days of this week. Some administrators/teachers asked me to remove it, and I asked why and got three different answers, but I almost always removed it. The three answers were "It's Board policy" from the principal, "It's disrespectful" from a teacher, and an explanation that because of Columbine students are not permitted to stand out because of their headgear. This last was from an administrator who on Wednesday took my bandana from me and arranged a meeting with my designated administrator for today. At this meeting, I was told that they could have suspended me for insubordination for continuing to wear the bandana, but they left me with a verbal warning and a parental phone call. If, however, I wear headgear on the school premises again, I will be suspended.
Although I agree with and accept the actions taken so far by the administrators and principal, their job is to enforce the Board's policies, these incidents have led me to question the policy itself. The bandana was in no way distracting or disruptive until the administrator called me from class for the meeting. Does anybody see a way I can convince my school to allow me to wear my bandana? Any help at all would be appreciated. Thank you.