Katherine,
We have the same issues with kids and their clothing. I have no trouble
telling a young lady dressed like a street walker to pull up her pants
or pull down her shirt. If the two don't meet, she can get a jacket. If
she has no jacket she can find one. We do send them home and all it
takes is dragging mothers and fathers out of work one time before they
realize that we mean business. As for our male staff, they can call a
female staff member if they are uncomfortable. If they stare at these
girls, they are called on the carpet so they may as well deal with it.
My daughter is 18 and a well endowed size 3. She knows what is
appropriate for school and what is appropriate for social activities
with her friends. They are not the same. In addition, there is a dress
code at her place of employment a chain that serves alcohol. If she went
to work inappropriately dressed, she would be sent home. Same rules
apply at school (she does not attend my school). She and her friends
have a saying when they see someone's thong hanging out "CRACK KILLS"
maybe you can try that slogan.
Shirley LeClerc, Librarian
West Chester East High School
450 Ellis Lane
West Chester, PA 19380
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From: Katherine A. Wright [mailto:WRIGHTK@OFFICE.NORWICHFREEACADEMY.COM]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:44 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Teacher dress code/student dress code
I had to laugh with Pam. I live in Birks and Danskos. I have been
wearing them for 30
years, and I have all kinds of fun socks ( I knit my first pair at age
6) and tights that I
wear. I almost always wear long dresses or skirts and tops--my daughter
describes my
style as cool, funky, purple hippy. (the kids call me the purple lady )
There are times my
superintendant (she of the power suit and 3" heels) looks at my feet and
shakes her
head. However, as I once explained to her between running up and down
the stairs to
the mezzanine level, crawling around under desks to check computer
wires, etc. etc.,
short, fitted items and heels would result in some type of disability
claim. :-).
The general mode of the dress at this school is more formal than the
previous school I
was at. We dress down on Fridays (with some of the faculty you can't
tell, as they
always wear the same thing.) paying $2.00 to the "Club of the Week".
Younger
teachers are much more casual, in my eyes sometimes too casual. I know
some of
them have been spoken too. We can dress comfortably and be approachable
and
professional all at the same time. I think it is important to show
students that we take
our jobs seriously and set an example of appropriate dress to them.
I am sure we are not the only school dealing with the "Brittany Spears
syndrome". A lot
of my male colleagues are really unsure how to deal with telling a young
lady that he's
seeing way more than he wants to--with 4-10 inches of skin showing
between top and
bottom, especially lovely when large tattoos adorn the lower back
(against dress code
policy, but how do you send home 1,000 kids?). I usually say something
to the effect of
Vicky's Not a Secret. But the men are hesitant as they are concerned
about being
accused of sexual harassment--"what were you doing staring at my
behind?" As the
warmer weather returns, the situation worsens. We send kids to the
office when they
aren't covered, but most of the parents think we are being too rigid. So
many of the
teachers have given up.Help? Any ideas? Katherine A. Wright
Library Media Specialist
Edwin H. Land Library
The Norwich Free Academy
305 Broadway
Norwich, CT 06360
vox: (860)887-2505 x415, x223
fax: (860)886-6854
email: wrightk@norwichfreeacademy.com
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