A safe and disciplined learning environment is essential to a quality educational program. District-wide standards on student attire are intended to help students concentrate on schoolwork, reduce discipline problems, and improve school order and safety. The Board recognizes that students have a right to express themselves through dress and personal appearance; however, students shall not wear apparel that is deemed disruptive or potentially disruptive to the classroom environment or to the maintenance of a safe and orderly school.
Any student deemed in violation of the dress code shall be required to change into appropriate clothing or make arrangements to have appropriate clothing brought to school immediately. In this case, there shall be no further penalty.
If the student cannot promptly obtain appropriate clothing, on the first offense, the student shall be given a written warning and an administrator shall notify the student's parents/guardians. On the second offense, the student shall remain in an office with supervision for the day and do schoolwork--which will constitute an in-school suspension--and a conference with parents/guardians shall be held. On the third offense, the student may be subject to out-of-school suspension or other disciplinary action in accordance with relevant disciplinary procedures outlined in the school discipline code.
The following items are not acceptable in school buildings, on school grounds, or at school activities:
Adoption Date: September 11, 2000
Last Revised: September 10, 2012
- Inappropriately sheer, tight, short, or low-cut clothing that bare or expose traditionally private parts of the body including, but not limited to, the stomach, shoulders, buttocks, upper thigh, back and breasts.
- Any clothing, paraphernalia, grooming, jewelry, hair coloring, accessories, or body adornments that are or contain any advertisement, symbols, words, slogans, patches, or pictures that:
- Are obscene, profane, vulgar, lewd, or legally libelous;
- Threaten the safety or welfare of any person;
- Promotes any activity prohibited by the student code of conduct;
- Promotes use of drugs, tobacco, alcohol, or weapons;
- Are of a sexual nature;
- By virtue of color, arrangement, trademark, or other attribute denote membership in gangs which advocate drug use, violence, or disruptive behavior;
- Otherwise disrupt the teaching-learning process.
| Legal References: | C.R.S. § 22-32-109.1 (2)(a)(I)(J) (Board of Education - Specific Duties - Dress Code) |