Vol. 21 No. 1

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1801 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy. S., College Station, Texas 77840

Friday, Sept. 25, 2015

Vol. 21 No. 1

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Administration, students disagree on dress code purpose, effect on student behavior yanichka ariunbold & vi burgess staff reporter & executive editor Principal Gwen Elder stands outside the library each morning promptly at 8 a.m. She doesn’t let anyone get by without a smile, a friendly greeting or the ominous, “Excuse me, can you come over here?” “I used to always ask ‘Why did I call you over here?’ [and they would say], ‘Because of my shorts’ [and I would reply], ‘How’d you guess?’,” Elder said. “The people that I dress code now say, ‘I have jeans in my backpack.’” Elder estimates that around eight to ten students are sent to the office to change each day. “It’s gotten better since the first day of school,” Elder said.

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“It varies, and it’s typically not our upperclassmen because they understand our rules and expectations. Occasionally, I may have one or two.” Administrators report the student’s name to the secretaries in the front office. If students do not report to the office, they are called from class. “If they flat-out can’t bring anything or have anything and we don’t have anything to give them, then they spend the day in In School Suspension,” assistant principal Omar Espitia said. “They’re not really in trouble per se, but they’re there because they can’t be in the regular student body.” Students spend time away from class changing into other clothes or seeking clothes from the office to change into. But is dress code more important than education?

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