Parents of a Texas school district are not happy with the imposition of a new dress code that is super restrictive and that reminds them of the kind of forced conformity of schools in socialist [.]
Forney Independent School District, home to 14,000 students, will from August ban t-shirts, dresses, skirts, hoodies, denim jackets, and shorts more than three inches above the knee.
Next school year in Forney ISD, girls starting in the fifth grade and up cannot wear dresses or skirts and nobody is allowed to wear a hoodie. The district said it’s meant to improve self-esteem, promote positive behavior and enhance safety.
A Texas school district has updated its dress code for the upcoming school year to ban hooded clothing as well as dresses and skirts for many of its grade levels,