Dress Code Guidance

Dover Middle School Campus

School of Innovation

Dress Code Guidance

The purpose of this guidance is to provide information to our families about the dress code expectations during the regular school day. All students are expected to take pride in their appearance with dress and grooming that contribute to the health and safety of the individual, without disrupting the educational process. This guidance is in effect during each instructional day unless otherwise indicated by the district or school administrators. It is also in effect for all academic activities outside of the school day when students are representing the school.

School of Innovation

General Dress Code Guidelines

**Refer to Capital School District’s Student Success Guide for guidance on appropriate dress.**

Additional Guidelines:

Appropriate Dress

The clothing students select to wear to school should be appropriate for the academic, social, and

safety demands of their day. Students have a responsibility to dress and groom to show

cleanliness, promote safety, and demonstrate respect for themselves and others.

Per Board Policy 700-19 K-8 schools can establish their own Dress Code which may be different

from the below.

1. Clothing must be worn covering the full torso (from shoulders to mid-thigh).

a) Tops, including shirts, blouses, etc. will cover the midriff, back, sides, chest, shoulders

and all undergarments.

b) Bottoms including shorts, skirts, dresses, pants, jeans, sweat pants, leggings, etc. will

fall to mid-thigh on front, back and sides and will cover all undergarments, including

boxer shorts.

2. Students are not permitted to wear clothing or accessories that portray violent language,

images, hate speech, profanity, pornography, gang affiliation, sexual overtones, obscene,

vulgar, profane, sacrilegious, discriminatory prints and graffiti, and/or references to

alcohol, tobacco, drugs or weapons.

3. Material in both tops and bottoms will be solid and non-transparent. If an item is transparent

or see-through, appropriate solid clothing will be worn over or underneath to meet the listed

requirements.

4. Any tops or bottoms with a hole or holes that does not conform to expectations in #1 must

have another layer underneath and must not expose bare skin.

5. Shoes or other appropriate footwear will be worn at all times. Flip-flops and slides may be

considered a safety issue during certain activities, for example, Science, PE, Woodshop, etc.

Children without appropriate footwear may be excluded from certain activities. Students and

parents will be notified when flip-flops and slides are not acceptable for wear. Slippers are

not appropriate footwear.

6. Hats, caps, visors, hoods and all other head coverings are not appropriate for wear in school

buildings. Head coverings also include but are not limited to bandannas, picks, combs,

sweatbands, earmuffs and kerchiefs. Religious head coverings are excluded from these

requirements.

7. Outer garments such as coats and parkas will not be worn in the school building. They will

be put away as appropriate in lockers or designated areas when the student enters the school.

Building staff may determine when jackets and coats may be worn inside based on building

or classroom temperatures.

8. Sunglasses are only appropriate for wear in the building with an appropriate physician’s note.

9. Administrators may grant specific exemptions to dress expectations for school spirit days,

course requirements, sports uniforms, special events, performances, etc.

1st Offense

Office Referral/Phone call to parent/guardian

2nd Offense

Administration or designee, student conference, and phone call to parent/guardian

3rd Offense/

Chronic Offenses

Administration, parent/guardian and student conference