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Updated: 8:26 AM Aug 7, 2008
Parents Angry Over Dress Code Enforcement
A look around the Dothan High campus on the first day of school shows many students going to class and teachers preparing them for the year ahead. Posted: 11:43 AM Aug 6, 2008Reporter: Patrick Claybon Email Address: Patrick@wtvy.com |
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well ya see thats why i dont like dress codes. they are dumb an d can cause aguments and problems. Even parents dont like them
This is ridiculous. I go to a school and our dress code is hardly anything and there is hardly any trouble at all! we are allowed to wear jewlery, and have jeans, and skin tights, and mp3s in class. it helps us relax knowing we look good. so yea u guys are stoopid
I have my children in a christian school for many of the reasons listed below. I do not want my son to think it is natural nor ok to wear earrings in his ears. I do not want him showing his underwear and wearing jeans to his knees or shoes untied. My daughters do not need to think make-up like Tammy Baker is appropriate NOR skirts above the knee or shirts showing all of their bodies and not being modest. I do not approve of what has become of society today in general. Our children are the means of our future. The examples and teachings mold them into our future and how they will create their own offspring. Offensive language is a class "C" misdemeanor and yet I hear the "F" word every visit to Walmart. On one occasion I called the law enforcement to file a report when management did not think it was necessary. The officer informed them and the citizen that I should not have been the one to call but the management should have and yes I was correct -- its illegal to swear in public!
YES you are right, students and teachers do not have the same rights, however--teachers ON THE JOB-supervising a crowded parking lot while kids are being dropped off, should actually DO THAT JOB instead of being slumped over a cell phone TEXTING and totally unaware if kids are getting from the car to the other side without being hit by the on coming car poolers. And teachers, school staff and admin should set the right example for students. I've even seen the Principal in the same parking lot also TEXTING, so it's no surprise why the teacher thought it was okay--at least in the case of the principal he was not directly overseeing a high traffic student drop off area. I agree with a dress code, however some of the behaviour exhibited by the so-called professionals is anything but that...if you're going to talk the talk...walk the walk too!
An educators perspective. First of all. Students who complain about no cell phones for students do not truly understand their rights. Teachers are not students and therefore they have different rights. Big suprise here folks but students do not have the same rights as teachers. Don't believe me then go look it up. Ive worked jobs in which the boss says, "no cell phones on the job" but he uses his all the time. Well guess what... he is the boss so I work under his rules! Second- Dress Code I personally could care less about the dress code. We have other things to worry about in school without this too. However, because Maurice wears his pants hanging to his knees and Susie wears a top that shows entirely too much cleavage the schools have been forced to do adopt a no tolerance poilcy. No tolerance means, no tolerance. NO exceptions can be made period. If your son is the greatest student in the school but forgets his belt well... next time don't forget the belt.
I know that I'm no longer a student anywhere, nor am I a parent of anyone in school. I am, though, ashamed of what our school system has become. Yes, students need a dresscode. They should dress in a manner as to not distact others. They should dress in a manner that is approved of by their parents. They should have rules. No cell phones, no IPods, no cursing, no fighting. Everyday rules that apply in and out of school. I'm sickened after reading the comment left by a student in the student council. This is a fine example of what we should be worried about. We should be worried that *is* is spelt *iz*. That she typed the word *seat* for *sent*. If this is what our education system has become then I am very greatful to have graduated ten years ago. I think perhaps I'll be homeschooling my children.
While at DHS yesterday, I saw a teacher that was on duty and supposedly watching over kids in a very specific area, slumped over her cell, TEXTING!! Students are adamantly warned not to have a cell phone out in sight or on during the school day but obviously setting the example is not the policy among some teachers. The area she was supervising was high traffic and she didn't look up once in the time I was there to make sure that students were okay. OBVIOUS dress code violations should definitely be dealt with, seeking out offenders and disrupting an entire school full of students in order to do so, is not appropriate or acceptable in my opinion. The discipline shouldn't be more distracting than the original offense. Parents need to start parenting at home, make sure their child is dressed appropriately and not wearing pants 4 sizes too large and let the teachers focus on teaching--that seems to be more than some of them can handle already!
i fully believe there should be a dress code, and it should be enforced but that has nothing to do with the written out statements on the forum, the guy who said the well written out statements are law abidding citizens and the less ones are criminals you should be ashamed you are a biggoted mind that should go back to school and get reeducated on the political correctness of your stupid comments not everybody can get to college education, and just because they didnt and may live poor and they still do the best for there families does not mean they are ruffians or criminals, i have a suggestion quit watching cops and forging bad opinions about people you obviously know nothing about
they should have at least gave some of us a warning..because sending somebody home without a belt iz too far! but i seen several students that should have been seat home ...& WERE NOT!!!...they should have did what they last year & sending them 2 ISS so they don't miss school....
Anonymous-It does matter how the kids dress. What 15 year old boy can focus on his Algebra when a 15 yr old girl is showing cleavage?
Dress codes do need to be enforced. Girls don't dress like ladies anymore and look more like street walkers. Boys wear clothes that look like they are wearing a diaper underneath or like slobs. The problem is the parents. They have no respect and don't teach their kids respect for simple rules. No one raises their kids right anymore nor do they take responsibility when they screw up their kids when they wont listen. Too many people are parenting from the couch or their cell phones and not paying attention to the things that matter.
Look at the well written statements and look at the ones that aren't. Now I haven't looked but will challenge anyone that wants to do so... I'd be willing to wager that the ones that aren't written quite so well are supporting the anti-rules side, the side that says "teach at school and quit worrying about rules". That's the problem, they can't teach with all of the distractions, people trying to get attention and trying to find their individuality. You people are the very ones that wind up in those nice orange or red jump suits that look so professional while collecting trash on the side of the road. What do you think the penal system is trying to teach you then? Yes, uniformity and structure. I'm tired of paying for you twice. Get it the first time and become a productive member of society so we don't have to pay a judge, public defender and guards to try to force it on you along with meals that we have to buy again. It's not rocket science!
It all the schools in this area. When need to change the rules. TEACH AT SCHOOL! who cares how the kids are dress. Make sure the clothes fit and MOVE ON!
This is FOR DR. WHO? Follow up on ALABAMA Law...it is NOT ILLEGAL in Alabama to leave your child home alone at any age becasue there IS NO AGE limit. Just call DHR in Houston County. They say it is OK to leave a 9 year old home alone, scared with no contact numbers just as long as he could defend himself. Idiots!!! what 9 year old can truly defend himself in an emergency?? And Houston County Sheriff's Dept. confirmed...NO age limit!!! GREAT STATE OF AL!!! However, it is against school rules for a child to leave the school without being checked out, so my question is who checked the children out without parental consent!!! Sending children home without parental knowledge in JUST PLAIN NEGLEGENT and its what they want so whom ever did it should be reprimanded!! I hope no child is ever kidnapped, killed, assaulted or commits a crime in AL becasue of school neglegence and lack of the state making a mandatory age for children to be responsible! After all they're not adults until 19!
Quit whining! Face it folks, Dothan High has been sinking because of the lack of rule enforcement by administration, faculty and parents. I believe that the principal needed to stake a claim in his school. One bad day, now everybody knows, and whether you like it or not nobody can claim ignorance anymore. There is a dress code, a code of conduct and a handbook to find them in. I'm sure that you can probably find it all on the City's website. And in my eyes, discipline and accountability are part of the education process. What makes any of you so special that we should turn our heads and let you slide on the rules that you don't think are important? It's exactly what's wrong with society today.