The district’s dress code is established to teach grooming and hygiene, prevent disruption, and minimizes safety hazards. Students are expected to come to school in clothes that are clean and neat, and to exhibit basic cleanliness and grooming that will not be a health or safety threat to them or to other students or staff.

Although students and parents may determine a student’s personal dress and grooming standards, and we respect students’ desire to express themselves in their clothing and grooming styles, we do not permit students to wear clothing with pictures, emblems, or writing that is lewd, offensive, vulgar, or obscene or that advertises or depicts tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance that students are prohibited from having or using at school. The following district guidelines for dress should be followed at school and school sponsored events unless wearing a school purchased uniform for participation in a UIL event or activity sanctioned by the school administration.

1. Hair shall be clean, well-groomed, not in the eyes, and:

   1. Hair length shall be cut to the point where it does not reach below the bottom of the ear nor touch their shirt collar in back.

   2. No geometric designs or unusual patterns shaved or cut in the hair shall be permitted.

   3. Ponytails, rat-tails and lengthy braids are not permitted.

   4. Sideburns should not extend below the lobe of the ear.  Beards and goatees are not permitted.  Moustaches are not permitted in Middle School.

2. Tank tops (muscle shirts) or sleeveless shirts are not permitted.

3. Earrings are not permitted.

4. Notching of eyebrows is not permitted.

1. Dress or skirt length shall preclude indecent exposure when the student is sitting or standing, or when performing other normal activities. Strapless dresses are not to be worn unless covered by a jacket or top. See-through blouses, bare midriffs (blouses and tops shall be of sufficient length not to allow midriff to show at any time), or spaghetti straps, and low-cut dresses are not permitted. Hemlines of skirts or dresses (including splits in skirts) must be no higher than two (2) inches above the knee.

2. No tank tops, halter-tops, fish net, or spaghetti straps.  Garments must cover the shoulder. 

1. A hair color of an unnatural nature, variations, or school personnel determines hair style to be a distraction will not be permitted.

2. Clothing should be designed, constructed, and worn in a manner that is not suggestive, indecent, or lewd. 

3. The District prohibits pictures, symbols, emblems, or writings on clothing that have been determined to be inappropriate to the standards of all campuses.  This includes, but is not limited to:

   1. Lewd, offensive, vulgar, or obscene

   2. Advertise or depict tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance.    

   3. Refers to satanic, cult, or gang activities.

   4. Clothing which has been determined to represent a variance from community standards.

4. The general appearance of the student and his/her clothing should not constitute a health or safety hazard nor interfere with the instructional program.  Garments that attract undue attention are not acceptable.

5. Cleanliness of body and clothing is expected of all students.

6. Clothing should be designed, constructed and worn in a manner that will promote proper decorum in school.

7. If a student requires special dress for medical reasons, the school nurse or principal should be notified.

8. Hats, caps, sunglasses (unless prescribed by a doctor and cleared through the principal’s office) or other headwear (hairnets, stocking caps, do rags, toboggans, headbands, and bandanas) will be removed upon entering any building and not worn until the student leaves the building.  Hats/caps may be worn at school related functions that take place either outside or in the gymnasium after regular school hours, provided that the bill of the cap remains facing forward at all times.

9. Appropriate undergarments shall be worn at all times and shall not be exposed. Outer garments must fit snugly enough and be designed with a neckline that is high enough to prevent the exposure of undergarments either intentionally or accidentally.

10. Shorts will not be worn during the school day except during PE and Athletic periods.  Students may wear shorts to extracurricular activities that take place after school hours providing the shorts are no shorter than two inches above the knee.(Principals discretion) 

11. Tight-fitting pants (such as spandex) and garments with excessive holes are not permitted.

12. Clothing will not be excessively baggy.  Pants will be worn at the waistline, not below the hipbone.  “Baggy or saggy” jeans, pants, or shorts are not permitted.

13. The neck opening of any type shirt may not exceed the equivalent of the first button below the collar button of a dress shirt.  Buttoned shirts may be worn unbuttoned provided a t-shirt (not an undershirt designed to be worn as underwear) is worn under the dress shirt.

14. Footwear must be worn at all times.  House shoes of any type are prohibited.

15. No student shall wear jewelry that requires piercing of the body, except for female students, who may pierce their ears.  Large, dangling earrings are not to be worn.

16. Chains (excluding small chains worn as jewelry) are not permitted.

17. Trench coats are not permitted at school. 

18. Belts must be worn such that the loose end of the belt is secured in belt loops and not dangling below the pocket opening.

19. Spiked wristbands or collars are not permitted.

20. Grilles are not to be worn.

The principal, in conjunction with the sponsor, coach or other person in charge of an extracurricular activity, may further regulate the dress and grooming of students who participate in the activity.  The principal’s judgment will be final in the interpretation of dress code violations.  If your child comes to school wearing clothes that violate the dress code or in any other way violates our dress and grooming standards, he or she will be placed in in-school suspension until he or she is in compliance.  We will make efforts to notify you as soon as possible, and if the student changes clothes or otherwise comes into compliance with the dress and grooming standards, he or she will return to regular classes immediately.  Repeated offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct