Frazer Dress Code

All students are expected to give proper attention to personal cleanliness and to dress appropriately for school and school functions. Students will not be required to dress in a fashion that would violate their religious or ethnic beliefs. Students and their parent(s)/guardian(s) have the primary responsibility for acceptable student dress and help students develop an understanding of appropriate appearance in the school setting. Because no list can be exhaustive nor can it anticipate all situations, building administrators will interpret and apply the dress codes of the Frazer PreK-8 School.
A student’s dress, grooming and appearance including bandanas, hair style/color, jewelry, make-up, and nails shall:
 

• Be safe, appropriate and not disrupt or interfere with the educational process.
• Exclude or reflect that extremely brief garments such as tube tops, net tops, halter tops, spaghetti straps, muscle shirts, plunging necklines (front and/or back) and see-through garments which are not appropriate. When concerning dresses, skirts and shorts, the length of a skirt, dress or shorts must be a minimum of half the distance between the fingertips and the top of the knee when the student’s hand is fully extended down the side of the student’s leg.
• Ensure that underwear is completely covered with outer clothing: therefore trousers will be at waist level.
• Include footwear at all times. Footwear that is a safe hazard will not be allowed (e.g. dragging laces or flip flops).
• Not include the wearing of hats, hoods or scarves/bandanas except for medical or religious purposes (Matter of Jimenez, 9 Ed. Dept., Rep 1972).
• Not include items that are vulgar, obscene, and libelous or denigrate others on matters of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
• Not promote and/or endorse the use of alcohol, tobacco or illegal drugs and/or encourage other illegal or violent activities.
• Not depict or suggestions association with a gang/cult.

  Students who violate the students’ dress code shall be required to modify their appearance by covering or removing the offending items, if necessary or practical, and replacing it with acceptable item. Any student who refused to do so shall be subject to discipline, up top and including in-school suspension for the day. Any student who repeatedly fails to comply with the dress code shall be subject to further discipline, up to and including out of school suspension.
   
The school Dress Code consists of:

Blue Frazer Uniform T-shirt or Blue Polo shirt
Blue Frazer shirt must be worn every day. Shirts are $5 each or $20 for five shirts.
 
Jean or pants
Pants must be free from holes, writing or graffiti. All pants must be worn on the waist. Undergarments may not show from under the pants.
 
Shorts/Skirts
Shorts, skorts or skirts may be worn as long as the length is appropriate. The length of a skirt or short must be a minimum of half the distance between the fingertips and the top of the knee when the student’s hand is fully extended down the side of the student’s leg.
 
Students are expected to wear suitable school clothing. Students may not wear clothing that might pose a problem, nor may they wear clothing that disrupts normal school routine. Students will not be permitted to wear hats or outdoor clothing in the building.
 
Hats, earmuffs, and bandanas must be left in students’ lockers during the school day. Any items that are not left in the students’ lockers maybe taken by any staff member and held in the Main Office. They will be returned only after consultation and meeting with parent(s)/guardian(s) At times, grade level teams will offer free dress days as a reward. On free dress days, students may not wear hats, shirts with spaghetti straps, halter tops, or shirts exposing the midriff. On free dress day, skirts and shorts must still appropriate in length (see how to measure length above). Pants must still be free from holes, writing, or graffiti and worn appropriately above the waist.