Do school uniforms violate the 1st ammendment?

[muon2]

One of the mothers in town in favor of school uniforms, gave this reasoning: As a child her mother wouldn't get her fashionable clothes, and it wasn't an economic issue. She was left out of social groups and felt that appearance had something to do with that. her feeling is that children would be better socially if there wasn't differentiation based on clothes, but instead on interests.

I don't agree, but that sentiment does exist. I am prone to let the parents decide what dress codes should be for the children at their school.

[muon2]

When the parents at one school did approve uniforms, the key issue was gang affiliation. There were street gangs influencing some of the older grade school kids (ages 10-12), and attempts to control clothes to limit gang colors weren't working, so the parents voted for uniforms.

[muon2]

i support schooluniforms, or, at the very least, strict dress codes.

i believe we should run schools in a professional manner.  and part of being professional is looking the part.  you arent going to go to your job with your pants falling down, so why should you go to school dressed like that? isnt one of the goals of education to prepare students for the 'real' (working) world?

and while im on this subject, let me express my displeasure at the casual dress that teachers get away with.  when i was a young lad, teachers dressed nice for school.  now they dont.

bottom line...we need professionalism.

Walter, you'll be pleased to know that when I give my lectures, it's always in a jacket and tie. I choose to keep a professional look in the classroom.