School dress code too costly for some families

Darlene Daugherty

Sharon

The new dress code for Sharon schools is ridiculous. The school board should have researched better and given more lead time before implementing the dress code.

Most of the stores have stated that they did not have enough time to order the right clothes, in the quantities and sizes that would be needed.

And the so-called vouchers. What a joke! My daughter applied and has still not received them.

School starts in two weeks. The selection is already picked over to say the least. She called the superintendent’s office today, and was told they would be mailed by the beginning of next week.

The vouchers will be $25 to $50 per household. Gee, that buys a lot today.

I have seven grandchildren in that household. Five of them have to dress by the dress code. The other two still need clothes and shoes.

There are two wonderful ladies that I work with that have always given me their daughters’ clothes when they outgrow them. Both of these girls were the only daughter. So the clothes were still very nice, very cute, and in great shape when my granddaughters got them.

Their drawers and closets were full of good clothes that were both cute and stylish. They cannot wear any of them any more. So to start from scratch to buy enough clothes for that many kids is not even possible.

Maybe we should not pay the car payment or the utilities to make sure the kids won’t be sent home from school because they are not dressed properly. Are they there for an education, or to be dressed like every one else?

Who really cares if they have on jeans, sweats, or a pair of sports shorts with a logo other than Tigers? They can learn just as well in other clothes than those in the dress code.

The big question is, “Why was the original dress code, which was normal, not properly enforced?” Why punish the entire school district by what they wear, because the administration could not enforce the dress code they had?