We all wear different styles all over the world. It’s easy to say over the past 20 years those styles have changed dramatically as well. Schools all over have had to adjust to this and adjust the school rules for dress code to find a common ground on what can and can’t be worn by students and staff. Over the past 20 years, a lot has changed, social media, celebrities, tv shows, music, and much more, and so have the school regulations.
“I believe a lot of things have to do with ‘pop culture,’” Principal Mr.Glathar states, “in the past 20 years there have always been short skirts and shorts, but I feel like lately there has been more of it do to influences in pop culture.”
It does seem that most of that is the case when you look around and notice those people who wear a certain thing because a certain idol of theirs is.
The main three complaints LNE students have about the dress code are hats, showing shoulders, and the fingertip length rule.
It can be difficult to follow these specific rules with the styles and trends that are around and being “influenced” by various sources.
“The idea behind the 2 inch straps was that your Id is 2 inches wide, so you can check. Does every student dress with an exact 2 inch wide strap? No, do we want them to, yes” Glathar said. “Once you get into the spaghetti strap style, some of them are really loose and dangle way low or they’re high necked, so it’s a little bit of a middle ground.” Lately it has been more easy going depending on the situation of the straps in school.
“An interesting conflict is the length of skirts for cheerleaders, or volleyball shorts for volleyball players. So I know there are contradictions to this, so we try to find a middle ground”. Its preferred that students don’t wear short things that reveal a lot. It used to be no problem at all years ago, but lately, that rule must be enforced because of what’s being worn by everyone. For cheerleaders, it is a bit difficult because they are required to wear the uniforms at points in time as well as the volleyball players.
“Students have a tough time realizing that when they come into the building, they lose some of their rights as a citizen because here we have something in this building we use…. this thing called in loco parentis which means we as adults take care of you here as students and under aged minors, so there are limits and there are rules and expectations, and it’s reasonable to expect we have them,” Mr.Glathar said.
“Over the past 20 years clothing has gotten less and less, and I feel like the school is doing the right thing by setting the dress code rules they have” a freshman female said.
“Baggy and saggy cloths have become more popular over the past years, which is a little ridiculous but it’ll happen. The rules have stopped that a little though,” a senior boy said.
“The kids that most resent it are the ones with the most freedom at home” Mr.Glathar said.
Over the years a lot has changed and will keep changing, dress code will always be one of them. There’s always gonna be new styles and new idols with various tastes. Schools will have to adjust to all of that.
