The Maple Shade school board last night approved a more stringent dress code for high school students that bans revealing, torn or tight-fitting clothing and, if strictly interpreted, hats.
Under the policy, any student violating the dress code will be sent home to change, and repeat offenders may be suspended.
Superintendent John Sherry said he thought the dress code had needed "some clarification" after he noticed several students last year wearing "shirts too tight and shorts too short."
Although the previous dress code, adopted in 1972, prohibited what was called "suggestive clothing," it did not detail what would be considered inappropriate for students. School officials also considered the former code obsolete and outdated.
The new, four-page code details everything from bare midriffs to obscene words or pictures on clothing as inappropriate for students.
The policy also bans tank tops and rubber thongs and limits the color of physical-education clothing to blue or gray.
Also banned is "headdress or headcovering of any type."
Martin Harmon, the high school principal, said this was meant to apply to hats worn in the classroom or in the cafeteria, not hats worn to and from school.
Board member James Shoemaker questioned enforcement of the new code, saying, "Your meaning of offensive or obscene may be entirely different than mine."
Harmon said enforcement would have to be "a judgment situation" by administrators.
"We may get into problems with (defining) obscene," Harmon said, "but we have to accept the intent of what this dress code is and the limitations of language."
Most provisions of the code will become effective after spring break. The regulations for physical-education clothes will not be enforced until September.
The dress code was prepared by eight faculty members and two administrators and was reviewed by volunteer student and parent committees. Several students were present when the code was adopted but did not comment on the new policy.
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