| 'When employees of big retail chains wear a uniform | | | | students. Everybody is in similar-looking clothes |
| to work every day, why can't students in Orange | | | | thereby, reducing all possibilities of using clothes as a |
| County Schools do so too? What is this big fuss all | | | | medium to show off how rich you are. Some parents |
| about?' This is what comes to most people's minds | | | | and educators at Orange County Schools also believe |
| when they hear about this debate. | | | | that uniforms have a direct positive impact on their |
| Why is a Dress Code Policy not enough for Orange | | | | academic performance. They feel that having a |
| County Schools? | | | | uniform in place prevents their children from being |
| Will a comprehensive dress code not serve the | | | | distracted. Hence they focus more on studies and |
| purpose? Why do Orange County Schools have to | | | | get better grades. |
| go in for uniforms? Well, we need to think about | | | | Most parents of children going to Orange County |
| how comprehensive and inclusive can a dress code | | | | Schools subscribe to the idea of uniforms also simply |
| policy get? These days, with increasingly | | | | because it saves them a lot of money. You can |
| fashion-conscious, peer-pressure-stricken children, and | | | | easily buy up to three or four sets of uniforms with |
| ever-changing fashion trends, how fool-proof can a | | | | the money that can buy you a year's supply of |
| dress code policy be? Obviously, the list of what is | | | | casual clothing per child. Moreover, it saves them the |
| not allowed is going to much longer and more | | | | hassle of them having to argue with their children |
| detailed than that of what is. So, isn't it just so much | | | | every day on what is appropriate to wear to school. |
| easier to have uniforms for all children in Orange | | | | Uniforms bring about a feeling of oneness and |
| County Schools? Handling children who always | | | | equality among students in Orange County Schools. It |
| manage to find a loophole in the policy is a drain on | | | | is wrongly accounted for as denial of the right to |
| the authorities of Orange County Schools. Sure | | | | self-expression, which just does not make sense at |
| enough, this time and energy can be channeled | | | | all. No student loses his/her identity nor is their |
| towards improving the children's math or reading skills! | | | | personality marred just because they wore a uniform |
| Why are uniforms good for students in Orange | | | | to school. Uniforms are a practical solution to |
| County Schools? | | | | students, teachers and parents alike. |
| Uniforms in Orange County schools have been long | | | | Compulsory uniforms for students in Orange County |
| favored simply because uniforms are believed to do | | | | Schools will certainly be a step forward in the right |
| away with all differences between rich and poor | | | | direction. |