Dad strips down at school board meeting to make ‘clear argument’ about dress code

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Dad strips down at school board meeting to make ‘clear argument’ about dress code
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If the dress code is gonna be a problem, just make everyone wear a school uniform and be done with it.

School uniforms are a waste of time.

I taught in a really low socio-economic area for a few years. The uniforms served 2 purposes:

  1. Stop gang affiliation shit
  2. Inexpensive for families on very, very tight budgets.

Inexpensive for families on very, very tight budgets

This is what I don't trust will happen. Jostens or any number of other shitty companies will happily sell overpriced uniforms that cost hundreds of dollars and partner with school districts to ensure a captive market to pay their insane markups

Not only that, but it can help to minimize prejudice by both students and staff with regard to students' socioeconomic status.

No it doesn't. You can easily tell which dtufent have the nice, new uniforms and which have the ill fitting hand-me-downs. Besides, status is not just conveyed by clothing. It's also accessories, phones, etc.

  1. Two approved colors, red and blue, are generally gang colors.

  2. No, they're not. You generally can't buy then second hand. I've never seen uniforms at a resale store.

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