families are unable to afford uniforms. There are many types of assistance that can be made available to disadvantaged families. School districts can provide uniforms to students who cannot afford to purchase them. Also, a great help would come from community and business leaders that would provide uniforms or contribute financial for support of uniforms. Schools and parents working together to make uniforms available for disadvantaged students are also feasible.Uniforms by themselves cannot solve all of the problems of school discipline, but they can be one positive contributing factor to help discipline the children and bring safety back into our schools. Other initiatives that many schools have used in conjunction with uniforms to address specific problems in their community include aggressive truancy reduction initiatives, drug prevention efforts, student-athlete drug testing, community efforts to limit gangs, a zero tolerance policy for weapons, character education classes, and conflict resolution programs. Working with parents, teachers, students, and principals can make a uniform policy part of a strong overall safety program, one that is broadly supported in the community. There are many model school uniform policies within the United States to pull precedence from. We as a society must decide how we can ensure a safe and disciplined learning environment. There is a major problem if they try school uniforms in conjunction with all those other ideas they won't know which one is working. It's really sad to think that in our day and age we must resort to trying so many things just to get safety and discipline in our schools....
