niforms if 75 to 80 percent of the parents were for it (Bell 27). Teachers have a different challenge at hand, enforcing the current dress code. At most schools the guidelines of a dress code can be subjective. Let us say that the school dress policy is that girls must wear skirts that go down to there knees and a student is seen wearing one that does meet that requirement, but it is a see-through skirt. This could cause a problem because the requirement is subjective. If the uniform policy was in effect this would not be because the see-through skirt would either be part of the uniform and accepted, or not. This makes it easier for teachers to make a decision. Either it is a violation or not. One of the great benefits that it would provide the teachers with is that by having all the students dressing alike, they would be able to identify students who belong to the school and trespassers who do not. This is a great safety issue in today’s times where it is important to regulate who comes on campuses. What if you are on a school field trip? Would it not be easier to identify your students in a crowd if you did not have to remember what everyone was wearing? Say if they were kidnapped. Would it not be easier to describe them to the police? School administrators have all of the above issues to deal with. They are the ones who are challenged to improve the atmosphere in which students are educated. They have the challenge of how to implement uniform mandates in the schools. Their decisions go range from the smallest details. What colors, what style, what material? All of which can have either positive or negative effects on the children. They must accomplish this and be able to stay within the legal, economic, and ethical parameters that currently guide their decisions (Ramos 1997). Though this is a great opportunity, it is also a great responsibility to have. General society has a stake that is both short term an...
