Poll: Should Summit Require Public School Uniforms?
The Board of Education opens talks tonight on a one-year school uniform pilot project.
Updates: Added quote from Summit parent and Superintendent Nathan Parker. Tonight's Summit Board of Education meeting will open discussion on a sometimes contentious topic for school districts: a school uniforms policy. The board is asking for feedback to see if it should consider a one-year pilot program to require school uniforms and expects to hear from parents at tonight's Board of Education workshop meeting. "This idea is in the very early thinking stage,” said Cathy Fernandez, who handles communications for Summit Public Schools. The issue of a dress code or school uniform has been raised in school districts all over the country in the wake of stricter rules to address school bullying and class performance. The idea some parents …
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Ty Bamford
10:24 am on Thursday, March 8, 2012
Hi, I'd just want to point out there has been only one serious research project into school uniforms and it found ZERO impact on grades, behavior, bullying and attendance! http://www.gate.net/~rwms/UniformBrunRock.html It's very conclusive research. Further can I offer you a view from the UK. Here nearly every school has uniforms and it's terrible!!! The teachers make ever stricter rules and ever… more ›