- The dress code is to provide students with an appropriate learning environment.
- Some schools require students to have the belt line exposed at all times for fear of guns concealed under clothing.
- Schools believe a dress code a positive educational environment.
- A dress code is thought to reduce violence, especially when there's gangs that wear certain colors.
- Dress codes are to keep students focused on acadimics.
- Students dressing with baggy pants and bandannas can come across as gangsters, and some students may be intimidated and this could keep them from focusing on the their work.
- Big pockets could store drugs and weapons.
- Showing too much skin could distract some students.
Sites used.
http://www.tulsaschools.org/schools1/dresscode.shtm
http://www.fresno.edu/scholars_speak/key_and_wilder/
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/dress_codes_and_school
