Dress Code

It is not the intent of the Muscogee County School District to dictate the quality or style of clothing worn, but rather an effort to encourage good habits and acceptable group behavior.  Student dress and personal appearance should reflect dignity and pride in oneself and in the school. 

Therefore, a student shall not dress, groom, or wear or use emblems, insignias, badges or other symbols where the effect thereof is to distract unreasonably the attention of other students or otherwise to cause disruption or interference with the operation of the school.

It is prohibited for any student to wear clothing items which advertise alcoholic beverages, sex, tobacco, obscene, crude or suggestive messages or use of profanity.  Designs or insignias that are part of a haircut, satanic symbols, gang-related badges, insignias and colors; logos or symbols with denigrate social or ethnic groups are also prohibited.  "Fake" alcohol or drug advertisement is also disallowed.

Individual schools are permitted to designate uniforms or apparel for students to wear.  The schools shall present their choice to the Board of Education for review.  Students who have financial reasons and can demonstrate that they cannot afford to purchase or acquire a uniform shall not be denied admission to school for that reason.  Bonafide religious attire will be permitted.

Grades 6-12 - Dress Code Summary

Shirts:

All shirts should be tucked in.

No undergarments are to be worn as outer garments.

No midriffs should be exposed.

No see-through shirts/blouses.

No tank tops, spaghetti straps, tube tops.

Nothing that advocates drugs, sex, alcohol, violence, gangs, hate, or profanity.

Shirts that are made for females that cover the midriff but move when the students sits may not be worn.

Shoes:

No heels higher than two (2) inches.

Pants:

Pants are to be worn on or above the waist.

No see-through pants.

If pants can be worn properly on or above the waist, no belt is required.

Sweat pants, wind pants, pants with holes are not to be worn.

No pants are to be worn bound at the ankle.

Dresses and Skirts:

Dresses and skirts may be worn with the length to be no higher than three (3) inches above the top of the knee cap.

Shorts:

Shorts may be worn with the length to be no higher than three (3) inches above the top of the knee cap.

Coats:

Hooded garments may be worn to school as long as the hoods are not worn indoors.

 Hats:

No head coverings i.e., bandanas, do rags, sweat bands.

Jewelry:

No jewelry with reference to gangs, drugs, hate, violence, or sex is allowed.  Items such as chains on a belt, wallet, etc. and items with spikes are not permitted.

No oversized clothing is allowed.

Each school is expected to create a progressive discipline plan to address dress code violations using out of school suspension as the last intervention.

SOURCE: Muscogee County School District. 10 Oct.2007. 29 May. 2008 http://mcsdga.net

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