| The McKinney
Independent School District is committed to providing a
"World Class" educational opportunity to each student
enrolled in the district. Research has concluded that
neither students, nor teachers, are able to perform at their
highest level in an environment that contains elements of
fear or threat, whether real or perceived.
Efforts are being made by
MISD to ensure the highest standards of performance for all
MISD stakeholders and to promote a safe and secure
environment free of the perception of fear, threat, or
danger.
A strong correlation exists
between student appearance and the perception and/or reality
of school violence. The desire of the Dress Code Committee
was to present the changes in a positive format, however,
the most effective manner in which to explain the changes is
to list the prohibited grooming practices dress and/or
grooming practices.
Even though the
Dress/Grooming Code is restrictive, students continue to
have a wide variety of choices. The cooperation of parents
and students and the consistent and fair enforcement of this
policy by teachers and administrators are essential to the
effectiveness of the Code.
The following modes of dress
or grooming are prohibited:
Clothing:
•All-black attire
•Clothing, including tee
shirts, which displays music groups, sex, violence, drugs,
tobacco, alcohol, death, gang or hate slogans or pictures
•Short shorts, skirts (must
be at least fingertip length)
•Pants, shorts, and skirts
worn below the waist ("sagging" garments are not
acceptable)
•Camouflage attire
(military type dress)
•Trench coats or dusters
•Underwear as outerwear,
exposed underwear or no underwear
•Exposed midriff or
cleavage
•See-through shirts (e.g.
thin or mesh)
•Spaghetti straps, tank
tops, basketball jersey (unless worn over an appropriate
garment, such as an acceptable tee shirt)
•Oversize, or overlong
baggy jeans (pants with pant legs that totally cover or
hide the shoes are inappropriate)
•Leggings without
appropriate clothing which extend over and cover the hips
•House shoes, military-type
boots
•Barefeet
•Chains on clothing or
wallets, or as necklaces
•Shoes containing built-in
wheels are prohibited when the wheels are engaged
•Any inappropriately worn or
mode of clothing that is disruptive (e.g. tops or pants that
are too tight)
Grooming:
•Non-natural colored hair
(green, blue, purple, orange, cherry-red, etc.)
•Hats, caps, sunglasses
•Hairstyles that are
disruptive (head and facial)
•Bandannas, hairnets, skull
caps
•Body piercing jewelry-
(other than jewelry in the ears)
•Jewelry - swastikas,
pentagram (pentagrams are permitted if they are worn as a
religious symbol), spoons, drug related items
•Heavy or spiked jewelry
(e.g. dog collars, heavy chains)
•Writing on body (body paint)
•Tattoos with disruptive,
profane or lewd pictures or writing |
