Back in April, a school in Houston, Texas set a dress code for parents...yes, you read that right! I wrote "P-A-R-E-N-T-S". Please read the letter that was sent home to the parents and tell me what you think. Should schools have a dress code for both students and parents? Do the schools have a right to dictate what a parent can wear on school property? Or are dress codes a violation of a parent's 1st Amendment Right? What do you think? I know! People should know better! Parents should set a good example! Blah! Blah! Blah! But take a look around...do they really know better? You tell me????
A mother in Texas claims she wasn’t allowed to enroll her daughter in school because of the outfit she was wearing. KPRC reported that Joselyn Lewis was asked to leave Madison High School after wearing a T-shirt dress of Marilyn Monroe and a head scarf. Lewis said she recently pulled her daughter out of another school due to bullying and wanted to enroll her at Madison High.
“I wanted to see proof of where it says parents can come dressed a certain way, but it wouldn’t show me that. I wouldn’t leave, so they called the police department. They called them on me and I guess he was coming to tell me to leave, but I was already on the phone with the school board,” Lewis said.
(I don't mean to throw Ms. Lewis under the proverbial bus because I've seen mothers dressed much worse, but this is the photo that came with the article.)
I think back to a time when my mother wouldn't leave the house unless she was all decked out. When she moved to Florida, it took her a long time to get used to casual dressing and wearing shorts out in public. Now, whenever I go to Walmart I see people in pajamas and worse. They look like they rolled out of bed and I'm beginning to wonder if there's such a thing as "sleep driving" (similar to sleep walking) because they all seem to end up at Walmart. Follow your dreams to Walmart, but don't forget to bring your wallet!
No, I think that goes too far.
ReplyDeleteLots of things get taken too far these days. Do you think it's because people have lost their common sense? They lack good judgment? They just don't care? What's they deal? Times have changed!
DeleteBut would the children recognise their parents if they came to school in disguise?
ReplyDeleteThe dress in the photo is not to my taste - but it doesn't have to be. I would call that one an overreach.
But what is it overreaching? or do we really want to know?
DeleteIs this school in some upscale community? The whole thing seems kind of snobbish to me.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure where in Houston the school is located. The dress code does seem a little over the top, but I suppose the powers that be thought it was needed.
DeleteI had to look up satin cap. What she is wearing is not a satin cap. I guess the closest thing on the list that they could complain about would be 'home setting wear'. So this got me curious about the school. This is from Wikipedia... In 2007, a study by the Associated Press and Johns Hopkins University referred to Madison as a "dropout factory" where at least 40% of the entering freshman class does not make it to their senior year.
ReplyDeleteIn early 2019, Carlotta Outley Brown, previously principal of Peck Elementary School, became the principal...
As of 2019 the students are required to wear school uniforms. In 2019 principal Outley Brown instituted a dress code for parents visiting the school. The principal instituted this after objecting to the dress of a parent trying to register her child for school. This dress code bars parents from wearing pajamas, hair rollers, satin caps, shower caps, and other casual items.
By race/ethnicity:
58% were Hispanic
40% were African American
1% were white
1% were Asian-Pacific Islanders
Less than 1% were Native American
Less that 1% were of 2 or more races/ethnicities
I know what the new principal is trying to do. But considering the neighborhood and the fact that it's a public school. I wish her luck.
I didn't know what a satin cap was either and I live in the South. I, too wish her luck...perhaps the parents should band together and all come to school naked one day. From what I could see Ms. Lewis had nothing hanging out or showing and a picture of Marilyn Monroe's face isn't offensive in anyone's book. Maybe the principal felt her dress was too short, but when is enough enough? I really do think it comes down to people getting back to using their heads in situations...hmmm! Should I wear this pair of jeans that my ass hangs out when I go pick my kids up at school? The answer to that question isn't HELL YEAH! They look great with my low cut Legalize Cannabis t-shirt.
Delete"people have lost their common sense, they lack good judgment, they just don't care?" ALL OF THE ABOVE AND MORE!
ReplyDelete"if you want to see change in the world, be the change"
I think too many people want someone else to be the change because it takes too much time and effort on their part.
DeleteApparently, I am showing my age here, but it's really about self-respect and accountability...of which there is very little in society at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI think you might be right.
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