School dress code

Dress code has been the biggest topic between the students and Mayfair faculty. There

have been many decisions and arguments that were worked out by administration and the topic still seems one sided. It seems like girls more so get the short end of the stick when it comes to dress code versus the boys.

 When it comes to boys their dress code is not quite as explicit as ours. For instance any clothes with inappropriate symbols or sayings, anything baggy, or hats are not allowed. There are many other things such as certain types of jewelry or accessories that can not be worn also but those do not comply at this moment. But as for the girls our dress code is pretty long and detailed. No tube tops, spaghetti straps or halter tops; no visible midriffs, cleavage or underwear; shorts, skirts and dresses must be fingertip length and no holes.Now I know that if we had no dress code then there would be  absolutely no order and people would come to school dressed in who knows what. But I feel that dress code should be slightly more flexible. In the warmer seasons females should be able to wear thin strapped shirts. And not because they “want to show more skin” but more so because the latest fashion during that time of year is thin strapped.

I agree with some aspects of our dress code and some I do not. In example, why can't we wear spaghetti straps or halter tops? Its not like we are showing excessive amounts of cleavage but more so only our shoulders and back. How is that at all distracting. Instead of teaching these young men to respect women the district is pretty much stating it is okay to get distracted by a 'nice back' or 'nice shoulders.' I feel that this is not at all fair and that dress code should be altered to either discipline both sexes more or cut some of the more unnecessary dress code violations out of the rubric.