Thank goodness the high school I go to is ten minutes from Scranton.

Good, it won't kill these teenagers to dress modestly at school and remove some unnecessary distraction. I've seen far too many boys and girls walking around with their unders hanging out and tight clothing that leaves little to the imagination.
I hope the board sticks with it cuz I'm sure there's going to be backlash from little progressive-wannabes just "trying to express themselves."
Oh yeah, I'm not just an old fart saying this, I'm 22 and not too far ahead of these kids.

Good.........start taking pride in the way you dress, not just for school either

I wish my kids high school would ban hoodies i hate them and think they wear them like security blankets

I'd like to see more schools adopting this rule. Bring back school uniforms! Make the emphasis on education, not fashion.
Yeah, it's great to have 'style' but when the focus is more geared as to who has the latest fashion and who doesn't, this causes problems.
It causes problems for those who can't afford the styles and then they become ostracized for not being 'cool' 'hip' or whatever the latest word is to make a fellow student insecure.
Going to school is preparation for a young person to face the outside world, not a fashion show.

I'm in education, and some of these bans seem a little too far for me; especially without explanation. One item I find particularly interesting is the "clothing that is one size too small". I teach in a poor district where sometimes students come from families who can't afford new clothing with every growth spurt along with the overweight student who continues to gain weight.
I think articles like these need to explain the reasons behind the bans.

While I can understand banning tight clothing and short skirts/shorts, why the heck would they band hoodies, cargo pants and yoga pants? My kids and I love wearing our hoodies in the fall because it's too warm for a heavy coat and too cool for going without. Also, yoga pants are a lighter version of sweatpants, lol. I truly don't get it... I think the people who make these dress codes are smoking illegal substances.

Ah.. high school... the biggest waste of time in my life. Thank god for college because no one cares what you wear there (I'm 22). Maybe they should focus more on improving education than writing new rules about how to dress. Back when I was in high school, my school started the crap about dress codes in my area. They ended up paying more attention to enforcing the dress code than school work and had to take time to send kids out of class to get violation stickers. If kids are going to be distracted, they are going to be distracted no matter what. Sure, schools need some kind of dress code (so girls don't walk around looking like hookers or something), but this takes it a bit too far.

If American schools would go to uniforms that wouldn't have to worry about all this crap every year. Over the years I bet 90% of parents have said they would LOVE to have their children in uniforms for school for these very same reasons. There wouldn't be fights every morning about what their child would be wearing. Buying several uniforms would be 10 times cheaper than having to buy a new wardrobe every year for school. Parents I hear from this it would be a WONDERFUL idea. And yet, schools fight it and each year try making dress codes more and more strict and each year it just backfires on them and somehow winds up making the school look stupid when they can't enfore it in a efficient and consistent manner. There will be the "good" kids they let get away with things and the "troublemakers" who they will always be on the backs about what they have on. There have been 7 and 8 year olds suspended for wearing the wrong thing. Principals not realizing at that age the parent probably dresses the child in the morning. But, schools today can't even dish up a nutritional meal, let alone have the intelligence to realize how smart having uniforms would be.

Our town's dress code is even more restrictive, only certain color shirts with colors (each school has three colors they can wear), beige, navy or black slacks (no external seams as jeans have), no cargo pockets, no logos or writing on shirts, except school name, no hoodies or coats in school (which as a former teacher, I know hoodies hide ear buds nicely), and the students look SO nice, and of course everyone complains it's restrictice, discriminatory, stiffling. Grow up, every job had a dress code of some type, live with it NOW, and be a good adult later! It what, 7 hours out of the day, go sress like a slut from 3 PM to 7 AM!

My kids always went to schools that had uniforms and it sure kept them out of competing with the fashion scene and that was great for our budget and great for them to just remain kids and not fashion icons. I think dress codes should be mandatory in all schools and yes, hoodies need to be banned too.

This is news? Most of the schools I know of have most of those restrictions already in place. This is school is actually behind the times and rather lenient. The district my kids go to does not allow any sort of picture on a shirt whatsoever, unless its basically the school mascot. Even in kindergarten, there are to be no hearts or unicorns or anything like that on their shirts. (I get the restriction when its "name brand"). Its ridiculous, if you want to be that picky, get a uniform. This is also one of the reasons my kids did not attend public school this last year. I simply couldn't afford new clothes after we had to move unexpectedly for a job transfer. Our school clothes budget had been spent on clothes for the other district that allowed all of those things. Its sad really to be in that position, not being able to attend a regular school due to the dress code. Luckily for us, my kids were able to be "virtually public schooled at home" over the computer.

Sorry, my post should have said that "the district my kids should go to"

Oh and most schools that ban hoodies, you are allowed to wear them as a jacket, but they have to be left in a locker during the day. Yoga pants are considered "workout clothes" and are not appropriate for school unless you are in gym.

hoodies...???....no way...go to home schooling...i been wearing fruit of loom pull over hoodies since about 1974...back then they were 100% cotton,had a thermal cotton liner and were very thick...they would actually keep you warm,not like this thin polyester junk they make today..!...and also back then...they were not expensive..they were a great garment to work in too..going to school if it rained a bit you just put the hood up..if it was cold you didn't need a hat...i still wear them today,but i buy the specailty ones because they are heavy and thick,but they also made them very expensive..it figures..!..the kids ...no wonder they are on meds..this country is so fkd up that it might never be decent here anymore..!