When I expressed my disapproval to the principal, (name removed), on the policy and how the teachers dress, I was told that her teachers could come to school in their bikinis and she could do nothing about it. So why has a School Board decided that the children should wear proper attire, but not the persons leading the students? I see unprofessional clothing every day I am at my child's school, from flip-flops to excessively low shirts, even my 7 year old son has complained to me about seeing some teachers "boobs." If school administrators want to talk about keeping children safe, let's think about the high school and middle school students who have raging hormones that they have never had to deal with, mix that with what children wear and their promiscuously clothed teacher. I think we are missing some vital steps in keeping them safe. Here is Manatee County School Board's own words:
Young ladies are expected to maintain a healthy, natural look avoiding excessive make-up; to have hair clean and combed and not wear hats, curlers, scarves, bandannas, etc.; to dress in a manner which is in good taste for the school environment and is neither a distraction or safety hazard to themselves nor to others. Bizarre clothing or styles, clothing which displays messages contrary to a positive school environment, or clothing (including dresses, shorts, skirts, and blouses) which is excessively short, tight, or revealing are not allowed.
What about the teacher dressing inappropriately, is that not distracting to our sons? This day and age with all of the teachers being arrested for inappropriate behavior with children, in addition to all the teenage/teacher crushes. Could this be curtailed by teachers having a dress code policy similar to that of the student uniform policy? Those teacher are a distraction for the young boys in her class, but we are only wanting to stop the "young ladies" from being a distraction and not the "women" with curves, far more endowed than a child?
The verbiage in the Manatee School Code of Conduct (see above indentation) is also mind boggling to me, who is determining what is "excessive" and "bizarre"? I find those to be rather loose terms. These terms could be vastly defined strictly based on the generation you are asking. GO ask an 80 year, a 60 year old and a 40 year old how to define excessive and bizarre attire, the answers will not be the same by any of the three.
It seems to me that we are teaching kids to do as I say, not as I do (grow up and be hypocrites). We do not lead by example. We also are instilling lawlessness, if any organization does not have the man power or ability to enforce a rule, it is better to not even create the rule. Because, when rules are created and not enforced, people are being programmed to ignore laws, ignore rules and do whatever they want because nothing will happen anyways. Then society finds itself baffled when it is forced to look at the ramifications of what it created. It is not only parents that are creating the next generations.
If a School Board has no control over their own employees, what gives them the right to have ANY control over my or anyone elses child? Further more, are we not teaching lawless behavior by voting in a school uniform policy, but not enforcing it until the school year is half over?
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