Quote Originally Posted by old okie View Post
This!

Solves such problems as the bad publicity that has resulted, but IMHO, uniforms should be for all students in OK, not just OKC...and from preschool through senior year. Would elminate any 'associations' or avenues for 'bullying.' Levels the field, and if you think about it, most private schools [if not all] require uniforms. Public schools could save TONS of problems over dress codes by opting for uniforms and as OU48A said, "...then we can all focus on other problems."

My view is based on my 25-years of teaching experience in the public schools. Uniforms would have helped in so many situations where 'dress code' trumped real problems.
People in the front lines almost always understand the issue the best. Your 25 years of teaching old okie makes your opinion well informed.

I am married to a teacher who faces the OKC gang problem every single day. What she and other teachers tell me about what goes on in the OKC schools would shock most of the people complaining about the districts clothing policy’s.

You must fight gangs in any small way you can. The police gang task force recommended this policy to the district.
I hope the OKC school district isn’t so weak that they cave in.