Here is a proposal that one school did to get thier finacial backing

http://www.cps.edu/About_CPS/The_Board_of_Education/Documents/BoardActions/2008_05/08-0602-ED2.pdf

Manuel on School Uniforms

Here is the Manuel put out by the federal Goverment. I am wondering if our school district has this and is following the guidlines?

http://www.ed.gov/updates/uniforms.html

Rachels Challenge as part of implementing a strict dress code

As many of you have heard in the last year about Rachel's Challenge and it's traveling around the valley to many different schools impacting many children of all ages it has made a huge difference. Th storys that have been heard are extraordinary. We as parents need to let our school district know that our children will benifit from Rachel's Challenge as Well. Here is their web site so check it out and let us know what you think. http://www.rachelschallenge.com/

Elementary School Uniforms have style

This article shows that this perticual district has put forth the effort to keep parents informed about all the reasearch they were doing as they look at and wrote their policy concerning the new uniform they will be requirering for the next school year.

http://www.willows-journal.com/news/school-4992-corning-elementary-style.html

Public School Uniforms: Empirical vs. Anecdotal Evidence

Sees both side of the debate

http://www.olemiss.edu/programs/mtc/Media/Writings/docs/Focus%2006%20PDF/Walton.pdf

Check out this blog post on April Showers

About 3 paragraph down


http://aprilshowersmovie.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-showers-at-colorado-rising-and.html

A Mixed Bag of Uniform Research

Concludes that there needs to be more research done. For some it works and others the same problems still exsist.

http://www.aasa.org/publications/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3870