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Dress Code
Coming For Staff
Corey Mitchell, The Saginaw News, December 15, 2005
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Less than five
weeks after approving a more stringent dress code for students,
Saginaw Board of Education members are turning their eye to
staff with risqué and raggedy attire.
District policy stipulates that staff dress "should not disrupt
the educational process," but board member James Woolfolk called
the language "a little weak." The district should raise the bar,
after banning items such as hooded sweatshirts, sagging slacks
and mini-skirts for students, Woolfolk said.
"We took some flak for what we did (from students)," he said. "I
don't know how we can't be a little stronger with our
employees."
Board member Delena Spates-Allen said she has spied more than a
few teachers sporting low-cut blouses, shirts without collars,
unkempt clothes and the like.
Spates-Allen said she has seen staff "who looked like they just
got up out of bed and threw something on. Common sense would
tell you that you can't get in front of students like that."
Board Vice President Norman C. Braddock said he has seen his
share of flip-flops, too-tight pants and short skirts.
"Teachers should be held to the same standards and maybe
higher," he said.
Braddock directed Superintendent Gerald D. Dawkins to develop
administrative guidelines on dress for the 1,800-employee
district.
Enforcement of the student dress code will begin in January.
Administrators have not set a timetable for implementing staff
rules.
"For the most part, our staff look like professional educators,"
Dawkins said. "But it's only fair. We've asked students to
upgrade their appearance."
If tougher standards are required, Dawkins foresees some mild
resistance from staff, not unlike the response from students who
decried their new appearance guidelines.
"When you're talking to an adult about something as personal as
how you look," Dawkins said, "it could be an interesting
conversation."
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