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Bedford County School Board opens review of student dress code, asks administration to survey community
Summary
Board members discussed consistency of enforcement and barriers to compliance and agreed to ask staff to develop a community survey and return recommendations for a dress-code review committee and enforcement protocol.
Miss Purvis opened the work-session discussion on the school division’s dress code by saying she was bringing the topic “for the purpose of finding acceptable solutions,” and proposed a community-inclusive review. Board members and administrators discussed enforcement, equity, and practical steps for the coming school year.
Board members heard that the current student dress code emphasizes safety and disruption standards — clothing must “cover the torso below the armpits as well as the buttocks” — and that practices have changed several times since 2011. Administrators said principals have discretion to determine whether attire is a safety or disruption issue and that principals already maintain school-specific handbook language for items such as pajamas, transparent garments and…
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