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School board approves dress‑code changes, removes nose‑piercing allowance after debate
Summary
After extended discussion and a reconsideration vote, the board approved revisions to Policy JCDB (student dress code): leggings under jumpers/skirts will be allowed in specified colors; an administration proposal to permit nose piercings (studs) was removed.
The school board approved revisions to student dress code Policy JCDB after a lengthy debate over nose piercings and uniform color rules. The final policy, adopted as amended, allows students to wear solid‑color leggings under jumpers and skirts in specified colors and removes a proposed provision that would have allowed nose piercings for grades 6–12.
Administration said the recommended changes came from a principal advisory committee. The proposal originally included three modest changes: allowing nose piercings for grades 6–12 if the piercing was a stud only, permitting solid‑color sweatshirts (for career/college programs) in gray or black, and allowing solid‑color leggings under jumpers/skirts. "The few revisions that are recommended have come from our principal advisory committee," a staff presenter said. On the nose‑piercing change the presenter read the proposed language: "grades 6 through 12, may have nose piercing, but must be a stud only."
Board members split on the nose‑piercing allowance. Supporters said permitting studs reduces daily enforcement conflicts for campus staff; one board member observed that "kids come to school with nose rings in, and it's a fight every single day" and argued the stud standard would ease enforcement. Opponents cited safety and uniformity concerns, with one board member warning about possible injuries and others saying the dress code should remain simple and consistently enforceable.
The board initially voted against removing the stud allowance, then took a motion to reconsider and voted again. On reconsideration the motion to strike the nose‑piercing language carried; the transcript records that the subsequent motion to adopt the policy as amended passed with one recorded no vote on final adoption. The policy as adopted also specifies acceptable colors for leggings: solid gray, black, navy, or white under jumpers and skirts, and allows certain outer garments (solid‑color sweatshirts) consistent with the recommendation.
The board instructed that principals and administration handle implementation and that the policy package will be enforced consistent with the rest of the district’s uniform rules.
