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Dress Code

Grades 6-12

The district’s dress code teaches grooming and hygiene, prevents disruption, and minimizes safety hazards. Students and parents may determine a student’s personal dress and grooming standards, provided that they comply with the following:

  • Students’ hair shall be clean, neat, and well-groomed, including facial hair. Hairstyles, in the opinion of the administration, shall not cause a health or safety hazard or cause a disruption of the educational process.
  • Students’ undergarments will be covered at all times. No pajamas will be allowed.
  • No half-length or bare-midriff shirts/blouses shall be worn. Shirt lengths should be long enough so that the midsections shall be covered at all times. Students should be able to raise their arms without exposing their midriff, regardless of whether or not a jacket or over-shirt is worn. Clothing that exposes skin (see-through garments, cutouts, tank tops, spaghetti straps, sleeveless, strapless, etc.) will not be permitted. Shoulder-length sleeves must have a hemmed shoulder.
  • All pants will be worn at the waist level. Hemmed shorts, split skirts, dresses, skirts, slacks, or jeans with holes or cutouts higher than four inches above the knee will not be permitted.
  • Spandex, yoga pants, leggings, jeggings will only be allowed with clothing (shirts, dresses) that are of acceptable length, mid-thigh.
  • Hemmed shorts, split skirts, dresses, and/or skirt lengths should be no shorter than four inches above the knee cap. Slits must be no higher than four inches above the knee cap.
  • Students shall wear shoes. No house shoes allowed. Some classes and/or class activities may require students to wear specific types of shoes (i.e., Ag Science, etc.).
  • No sunglasses are worn in school buildings.
  • No body piercings or body piercing spacers, gauges, cones, etc., may be worn except that students may wear a single stud piercing in the nose.
  • Students are not to wear/carry items with pictures, logos, phrases, letters, or words printed on them that are obscene or disruptive in the judgment of the school administration.
  • This shall include, but shall not be limited to: Clothing, tattoos, book covers, jewelry, notebooks, and make-up, which have: Satanic and/or gang-related symbols or expressions. § Nude/semi-nude figures § Pictures or logos of alcoholic beverages or tobacco § Logos associated with sexually explicit materials or symbols § Obscene gestures or words § Pictures that depict prohibited substances § Figures in sexually suggestive postures
  • Students are not to wear hats of any kind within school buildings unless approved by the administration for special occasions. “Hats” should be interpreted broadly and shall include caps, visors, hoods, bandanas, scarves or kerchiefs, and similar hat-like apparel.
  • Regulations regarding grooming and dress for special activities such as athletics, fine arts, field trips, and UIL competitions shall be governed by the immediate person in charge of these activities, under the direction of the principal or Athletic Director.
  • Student IDs must be worn on the student’s front side, between the shoulders and waist. The picture on the ID must be the student's and cannot be modified in any way.

Not all potential issues can be covered or legislated, but the administration has the right to determine whether any dress or grooming habits could disrupt the educational process.

The district’s dress code teaches grooming and hygiene, prevents disruption, and minimizes safety hazards. Students and parents may determine a student’s personal dress and grooming standards, provided that they comply with the following:

  • If the principal determines that a student’s grooming or clothing violates the school’s dress code, the student will be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school and return to the classroom.
  • If the problem cannot be corrected at school, the principal will work with the student and parent to obtain an acceptable change of clothing for the student in a way that minimizes instructional time lost. Repeated or severe offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.
  • If the principal determines that a student’s grooming or clothing violates the school’s dress code, the student will be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school and return to the classroom.
  • If the problem cannot be corrected at school, the principal will work with the student and parent to obtain an acceptable change of clothing for the student in a way that minimizes instructional time lost. Repeated or severe offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.