It is not the intent of the Muscogee County School District to dictate the quality or style of clothing worn, but rather an effort to encourage good habits and acceptable group behavior.  Student dress and personal appearance should reflect dignity and pride in oneself and in the school.  Therefore, a student shall not dress, groom, or wear or use emblems, insignias, badges or other symbols where the effect thereof is to distract unreasonably the attention of other students or otherwise to cause disruption or interference with the operation of the school.

It is prohibited for any student to wear clothing items which advertise alcoholic beverages, sex, tobacco, obscene, crude or suggestive messages or use of profanity.  Designs or insignias that are part of a haircut, satanic symbols, gang-related badges, insignias and colors; logos or symbols with denigrate social or ethnic groups are also prohibited.  "Fake" alcohol or drug advertisement is also disallowed.

Individual schools are permitted to designate uniforms or apparel for student to wear.  The schools shall present their choice to the Board of Education for review.  Students who have financial reasons and can demonstrate that they cannot afford to purchase or acquire a uniform shall not be denied admission to school for that reason.  Bonafide religious attire will be permitted.

Grades 6-12

Dress Code Summary

Shirts

All shirts should be tucked in

No undergarments are to be worn as outer garments

No midriffs should be exposed

No see-through shirts/blouses

No tank tops, spaghetti straps, tube tops

Nothing that advocates drugs, sex, alcohol, violence, gangs, hate, or profanity

Shirts that are made for females that cover the midriff but move when the student sits may not be worn

Shoes

No shower shoes, flip flops, or bedroom shoes

No heels higher than two (2) inches

Pants

Pants are to be worn on or above the waist

No see-through pants

If pants can be worn properly on or above the waist, no belt is required

Sweat pants, wind pants, pants with holes are not to be worn

No pants are to be worn bound at the ankle.

Dresses and Skirts

Dresses and skirts may be worn with the length to be no higher than three (3) inches above the top of the knee cap.

Shorts

Shorts may be worn with the length to be no higher than three (3) inches above the top of the knee cap.

Coats

Hooded garments may be worn to school as long as the hoods are not worn indoors.

Hats

No head coverings i.e., bandanas, do rags, sweat bands

Jewelry

No jewelry with reference to gangs, drugs, hate, violence, or sex is allowed.  Items such as chains on a belt, wallet, etc. and items with spikes are not permitted.

No oversized clothing is allowed.

Each school is expected to create a progressive discipline plan to address dress code violations using out of school suspension as the last intervention.

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