Dress Code

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

1. Student’s hair shall be neatly cut, clean and/or combed so as to be kept out of the eyes. Unnatural hair color shall not be a distraction to the learning environment. Hairstyles should not, in the opinion of the administration, cause a health or safety hazard or a disruption of the education process.
2. Nonconforming hairstyles will be evaluated pursuant to Texas Education Code Section 25.902 which states that a student dress or grooming policy may not discriminate against a hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race.
3. Appropriate footwear must be worn for the class and/or activity.
4. Students shall not wear the following without appropriate outer or under garments: garments that are torn, ragged, or “holey” above mid-thigh.
5. Shirts of underwear type, see-through clothing, muscle shirts, halter tops, tube tops, spaghetti straps, spandex clothing, or any clothing which exposes a bare midriff, back (below the shoulder blades), chest or underwear MAY NOT BE WORN. Back, chest, and midriff must be covered.
6. Sleeveless shirts with a 2 inch or greater shoulder width may be worn if the underarm opening does not expose the chest or back area. Undergarments may not be visible when wearing a sleeveless shirt.
7. Dresses, skirts, shorts, and “skorts”, must be mid-thigh length or longer. When appropriate, students’ dresses must be worn with shirts or blouses underneath.
8. Boxer shorts, wind shorts, hats and pajamas are not permitted (headgear such as hats and caps may be worn with administrator approval for special occasions or campus events).
9. Clothing or possessions which promote/display inappropriate and/or inflammatory messages shall not be permitted. Apparel should not display risqué prints or symbols, gang graffiti or monikers, lewd, vulgar, obscene, or suggestive language/design. Advertisements or symbols that promote or depict drugs, alcohol, tobacco products, or violence are prohibited on all apparel, jewelry, and accessories. No chains, handcuffs, or any other accessories that suggest weaponry will be allowed.
10. Any clothing which is identified by the administration as gang-related or a safety concern, will not be permitted.
11. Pants or shorts must be worn at a natural waistline and underwear cannot be visible.
12. Leggings are only acceptable to be worn under shorts, skirts, dresses, and/or shirts or blouses that maintain the dress code of reaching to mid-thigh or longer in length.
13. SPECIAL EXCEPTION – This code is not to be construed so as to apply to those pupils in certain elective subjects such as band, organized sports, or to a students in voluntary student organizations which are called upon from time to time to represent their school in public events. Teachers and sponsors of these subjects and organizations will continue to require those standards of dress and appearance that they deem appropriate and which have served in the past to mark those school representatives with honor and distinction.

ANY CLOTHING, PERSONAL APPEARANCE, OR PERSONAL STANDARD, WHICH IN THE JUDGEMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS DISRUPTS THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED.

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 loss of instructional time.

Repeated or severe offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.