Central adopts modified dress code

The start of each school day could be an even more positive experience for Central Middle School students and staff, thanks to the school's new modified dress code requirement.

"We won't have to make judgment calls about clothes," said Blake Thomas, Central's principal. "I want to spend more time on instruction rather than throwing the kid out because of a judgment call about dress."

Tomlinson Middle School piloted the modified dress code program for middle school students in 2014. This year Central has also adopted the dress code.

Checking if students are wearing proper attire "is an early morning conversation with students as soon as they walk in the door. So we don't want their day to start out negative," said Tara Grandy, assistant principal at Tomlinson.

Although there have been some complaints from parents and students at both schools about "taking away our freedom of what we want to wear," there have also been positive comments.

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"It was so much better this year than the year it was implemented. I have even had parents from other schools say that they wish all the schools had uniforms," Grandy said. "Some of the positive things I heard from the students were that it didn't take them as long to get dressed in the morning because they have a smaller wardrobe to pick from."

Cost effectiveness and help

A concern for some parents is they are having to buy two sets of clothes because the students don't want to wear "uniforms" after school.

"The good thing about the middle school dress code is we are doing any (solid) color crew neck T-shirts too," Thomas said. Just like Tomlinson's dress list, any color T-shirt is fine as long as it doesn't have any logos or designs on it.

Although polo shirts may look more professional, T-shirts are more cost effective and can be better for those students who are sensitive to fabric against their necks, he said. "I don't think any student would have a problem wearing a T-shirt after school."

The high schools don't have a modified dress code at all. So those T-shirts can be used when transitioning from middle school to high school.

"All of the elementary schools now have the modified dress code, so the students entering sixth grade are used to it," Thomas said. In fact, some of the sixth-graders can probably still wear the school clothes they had last year.

In the long run, the dress code pieces can help save money since the listed navy blue, black and khaki basic pieces shorts, pants, skirts, capris and jumpers can be mixed and matched with any solid color, no-design sweaters, hoodies, polo shirts, crew neck T-shirts and sweatshirts. These choices lead to a basic and versatile wardrobe that ends up being less expensive than regular school clothes, some supporters say.

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