just don't see why they can't just simply require a certain color shirt and slacks.
Hello back in my K thru 12 school years, except there was not any K, we had to wear slacks and a semi dress shirt (button down collar). No jeans nor T-shirts. For most we changed into jeans and a t-shirt when we got home.
I was around for all the dress code changes. The various reasons for changing and relaxing dress codes sort of made sense to me at the time. Now in the fullness of time and experience I see that these dress code changes were the start of what has by now pretty much ruined our public school systems, at least for the purpose of students having a decent chance for an education worth something.
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