The Knox County School Board in late 1990’s passed a Uniform Dress Code. It has been updated periodically since it was first implemented. The current policy bans such things as sagging pants, torn jeans, revealing of skin in inappropriate places.

One reason stated for the need to implement uniforms is because the administrators and teachers in some schools can not or will not enforce the current dress code. Make no mistake a uniform will not replace the haves from the have not’s. Some students will have polo shirts or kahkis from Walmart and others from Aeropostle/Brooks Brothers/Calvin Klien/Ambercrombie and Fitch.

Consider this idea: Implement a trial uniform for all Superintendent’s, Administrator’s, School Board Members and Classroom Teachers. Then if successful consider a parent/stakeholders survey to determine if two-thirds are then supportive of school uniforms.

Every Student Looking Like the Same Student.