Student dress and grooming are generally a matter of personal choice. However, the District recognizes that there is a relationship between student dress and student success, school pride, the safety and general welfare of students and staff, and the accomplishments of the curriculum goals and educational objectives.

Accordingly, District dress and grooming standards prohibit student dress or grooming that, in the judgment of the school administration:

A. Presents a risk to the health, safety or general welfare of students, staff, or others.

B. Interferes with or disrupts the educational environment or process.

C. Is counterproductive to curriculum goals or educational objectives.

D. Produces disorder or creates an atmosphere of threat, intimidation or undue pressure.

E. Causes excessive wear or damage to school property.

 

Student dress that violates these standards includes, without limitation, apparel that (a) displays or suggests obscene language or symbols, (b) presents undergarments or sleepwear as outerwear, or (c) exposes the back, chest, abdomen, midriff, genital area, or buttocks. Other areas of particular concern include the following:

Dress that Advocates Drugs, Alcohol, or Tobacco: A.R.S. §15-712 permits instruction on the nature and harmful effects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco. It is illegal for minors to possess these substances. Clothing or accessories that display these substances or are deemed to advocate or encourage the use of these substances are counterproductive to the District’s curriculum goals and educational objectives. These items are, therefore, prohibited.

 

Footwear and Safety Dress: Footwear must be worn at all times. In addition, students are expected to comply with safety dress requirements for specific classes such as industrial technology, life management, physical education, and chemistry.

Headwear: Students may wear hats or visors that do not otherwise violate the student dress code, but only in those schools/classrooms where the school/instructor has given the students permission. Regardless of the foregoing, students shall remove their hat or visor when requested to do so by a member of the administration, faculty or staff.

 

Students and parents share primary responsibility for student compliance with the dress code.  School personnel shall be responsible for enforcing the dress code when students are on campus, at school functions, extracurricular activities or other special school activities. 

1.       Student clothing, accessories, shoes and personal items (jackets, headgear, backpacks, handbags, fanny packs, gym bags, notebooks, water bottles, etc.) shall be free of writing, pictures or any other insignia which display crude, vulgar, obscene and/or sexual content, profanity, or drug-related, alcohol-related, or tobacco-related content, advertising or symbols, or which advocate racial or ethnic prejudice, death or violence, or which contain gang-related symbols or insignia.

2.       Clothing must not be revealing.

a.       No short shorts.  Inseam must measure at finger length

b.       No short skirts.  Side seam must measure at Finger length

c.        Tops/shirts/blouses should cover all undergarments, including bra straps.

d.       No backless tops or shirts (i.e. that do not cover the back entirely).

e.        No see-through clothing.

f.        No short tops that would result in bare midriffs.  Midriff (stomach) must be covered when arms are raised over head.

g.        No halter tops or tube tops.

h.       No spaghetti-strap tops.

i.         No athletic undershirts shall be worn as outerwear.

4.       Pants/shorts/skirts

a.       Baggy pants and pants that are saggy or drag on the ground are prohibited.  Pants and shorts must be fitted at the waist and crotch and must be appropriate in size for the student’s height and weight.  Pants must not be more than 2 inches bigger than the student’s actual size in width and/or in length.

b.       No excessively wide pant legs will be permitted.

c.        Pants, shorts and skirts shall not be worn in a manner that results in exposed undergarments. 

d.       If the width size of pants, shorts or skirts is too large so as to result in the exposure of undergarments, the student shall be required to wear a belt.

No pajamas, night gowns, or bathrobes.
5.       Only closed-toed shoes may be worn. No flip-flops.  *NEW*