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Show Beaver School District Adopts Dress Standards1 12. Boys should wear their hair so that it does not fall i.n front of the face. It should not touch the collar in a normal nor-mal standing position. Hair is not to be worn over the ears. Hair must be clean and well groomed at all times. board policy rests finally with the Superintendent of Schools since he is the executive officer offi-cer of the school board. The immediate responsibility for enforcement is with the Principal Prin-cipal of each school. He is responsible re-sponsible to the Superintendent in seeing that the dress policy is effective in his school. 1. The Principal is directed to appoint a dress standards committee made up of students, stu-dents, and faculty members. The Principal is to be the chairman of this committee. The committee will serve to re-evaluate annually the dress standards policy and make recommendations rec-ommendations to the Superintendent Superin-tendent of Schools. The committee com-mittee will also hear appeals from students if requested. 2. The Principal is expected to enforce all regulations of the policy immediately and and without hesitation. Students who fail to comply with the Development The Beaver County School Board has adopted an official policy concerning dress standards. stand-ards. This policy has been developed de-veloped with a wide base of participation. Committees from Milford, Minersville, and Beaver, Beav-er, made up of parents, students, stu-dents, teachers, and administrators adminis-trators developed recommendations recommen-dations which, were finalized by a county-wide committee for presentation to the board. The basis for much of the input in-put resulted from two surveys. The students were surveyed in each high school, and a rather comprehensive telephone survey of parents was conducted conduct-ed by the school district office. The school board gives strong support to the implementation of this policy at the elementary level also. Enforcement Enforcement of this school been established by the school board. 4. Classroom teachers are expected ex-pected to support this policy by referring all offenders to the Principals office. Teachers failing to support this policy by not referring students to the Principal will be considered consider-ed .negligent in their duty. 5. The dress standards policy 9. Boys shirts with tails must be tucked in, while shirts with square bottoms may be worn out. Shirts must be buttoned but-toned properly. Heavy coatlike coat-like (Pendletons) need not be tucked in. 10. Mustaches will be allowed allow-ed if they are kept short, trimmed, and not longer than the comers of the mouth. Beards will not be worn. 11. Neat, well - tri-mmed. straight sideburns which do not exten below the ear lobe not extend below the ear lobe not to fan out over the cheek of the face. Principals directions are to be suspended from school and will not be re-admitted until they comply with the dress standards policy. The dress standards policy must be adhered ad-hered to by students who are awaiting a hearing of the Dress Standards Committee. 3. All school employees are expected to support the dress standards policy which has is to be written and placed in the hands of students, teachers, teach-ers, and parents. The policy is also to be published annually in the local press. 6. The Principal is responsible respon-sible for determining extreme clothing styles and students must comply with his decision. Right of Appeal Students may appeal to the schools Dress Standards Committee Com-mittee if they feel they need a hearing. Further appeal may be made to the Superintendent of Schools and if satisfactory conclusions are not reached, students may appeal to the Board of Education. Students are free to make any further legal appeals they feel are necessary. ne-cessary. Dress Standards 1. The girls are to appear well groomed and modest. 2. Sheer blouses, plunging necklines, tank tops and any other immodest type of dress for girls will not be allowed. 3. Blue denim levies are not to be worn by girls except for committee approved grubby day activities. 4. Girls may wear dress pant suits or appropriate dress slacks. 5. The acceptable length of the dress or skirt will not be less than two-thirds of the length from the waist to the floor when the girl is kneeling. kneel-ing. The Principal will be aided aid-ed by female faculty members whom he designates. 6. Boys or girls may not wear shorts or short-type culottes. cu-lottes. 7. Students will not be allowed al-lowed to come to school with bare feet. 8. Boys will not be allowed to wear tank shirts or shirts that are sleeveless. |