I work at a public elementary school in CA, and both my kids attend; TK and K. In the lower grades maybe 80% of the kids wear school uniforms. In the upper grades 50% or less.
I found out all a parent has to do is sign a waiver and their child doesn’t have to wear uniforms. Even if the school can provide them at a low cost. It appears to be the trend that the ‘cool’ kids can convince their parents to sign the waiver, and those parents can afford ‘cool’ name brand non-uniform clothes.
When I was in middle and high school the purpose of uniforms was to prevent that. We had to wear the shirts the school provided, and the bottoms had to be Dickies or khakis that don’t show the name brand. The only thing we could get away with was having unique backpacks and shoes.
My kids have already been bugging me about not having to wear school uniforms. As a mom, uniforms are a godsend. They’re cheaper, easier to keep laundry sorted, faster to get ready in the morning. I can only imagine how much more they will pressure me once they get older. I don’t know why or when our district made a waiver possible to get out of uniforms, but I don’t really agree. The uniforms are really comfortable and come in a lot of different varieties, colors, and different blends of fiber so I don’t know what the opposition is.
What do your schools do?
Submitted January 15, 2022 at 11:42AM by Mystic-Magestic https://ift.tt/3qu8uCW
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