Roosevelt Alternative School
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DRESS CODE

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DRESS CODE

10.  Students will be expected to keep themselves well groomed and neatly dressed at all times.  Students should remember that they represent their school and community.  All attire should be modest and appropriate for students.  Any tops with straps, such as tank tops, muscle shirts, and sun dresses will need to be modestly covered.  Any form of dress or hair style that is considered contrary to good hygiene or that is distractive or disruptive in appearance and detrimental to the purpose or conduct of the school will not be permitted.

• All students will be fully clothed, clean and well groomed.

• Hair must be neat and clean.  Boy's hair may not be worn beyond collar length. HAIRTAILS ARE NOT PERMITTED.

• All students will wear footwear.  Sandals are permitted if they have a heel strap and sox are worn with them.
• There will be no bare backs or bare midriffs.
• Overly tight garments are not allowed.  Skirts and dresses must be within four inches of the knee.
• Students will not wear see-though clothing as an outer garment.
• Absolutely no shorts are allowed except in PE classes.
• All shirts and blouse tails must be worn inside jeans, slacks, or skirts.  Shirts and blouses may be worn unbuttoned no lower than two buttons below the collar.
• Bib overalls, jeans with large frayed holes, cotton sweat pants, parachute pants, sunglasses, and house shoes are not considered appropriate.
• Wind breakers pant/suits, hooded shirts/sweatshirts, and oversized clothing is prohibited.  Students will not be permitted to wear pants below the waistline, (sagging and dragging).

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• THE TOP OF THE WAIST BAND WILL NOT BE WORN LOWER THAN ONE INCH FROM THE NAVEL.  If the student refuses to comply with this directive, appropriate measures will be implemented to insure that trousers remain at waist level.  This may include securing the trousers with a fastener, provided by the school.
• White-black T-shirts or any other gang color combinations with religious icons imprinted on them are prohibited.
• There will be no gang hand sign communication and graffiti and tagging is strictly prohibited.
•  beverages or tobacco, or displaying inappropriate words, designs or comments will not be worn.
  Caps, hats, headbands, helmets, or any other headgear will not be worn inside the building.
• The wearing or display of any gang related colors or gang related paraphernalia will not be permitted.  Professional athletic team colors and logos are readily used to represent and advertise a particular gang.   The wearing of professional team items of clothing is strictly prohibited.  This includes LA Raiders, LA Kings, and Chicago White Sox logos and clothing.  No gang colors, to specifically include gold or yellow-black, white-black, red-white, purple-black, blue-black, green-black, or red-white-green color combinations will be worn.
• White-black T-shirts or any other gang color combination with religious icons imprinted on are prohibited.

The appropriateness of all clothing/dress will be determined by administrative personnel utilizing professional judgment that reflects community standards.  A student found to be in violation of the dress code will be required to change the article of clothing. The violation will be documented and the parent will be notified. If the parent cannot be contacted for the purpose of enabling the student to conform the dress code, the student will be placed in isolation until such time that a parent can respond with the appropriate article of clothing.