Dress Code Policy
Iredell Statesville School adopted a district-wide dress code policy. School board regulations forbid the wearing of apparel that advertises Drugs, Alcoholic Beverages, or Profanity. Any student who wears such an article of clothing will be asked to call their parents to bring another set of clothes for the child to wear that day or the school will try to provide clothes for the student through the clothes closet.
Requirements for Student Dress During the Regular School Day
- All clothing must be appropriately sized, securely fastened, and cover the midriff, back, sides, and all undergarments at all times. For example, pants should be secured at the waist, no underwear as outerwear, and no underwear exposed.
- Shirts and tops must be below the beltline and at least a length that covers any exposure of the midriff.
- Rips, holes, or tears in clothing must be below mid-thigh. Shorts and dresses must be at or below the fingertips.
- See-through, revealing, or mesh garments must not be worn without appropriate coverage underneath that meets the minimum requirements of this dress code.
- Garments, jewelry, tattoos, or other insignias, which display or suggest sexual, vulgar, drug, alcohol, or tobacco-related wording/graphics or may tend to provoke violence or disruption in school shall not be worn/visible.
- Clothing must not state, imply, or depict hate speech or imagery targeting groups based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, or other characteristics protected by federal or state law or Board policy.
- Any articles of clothing or jewelry that may cause injury including, but not limited to, items with spikes, sharp objects, wallet chains, and heavy link chains are not allowed.
- Head gear, including but not limited to caps, hats, bandanas, sweatbands, and sunglasses, shall not be worn indoors on campus unless permitted by the principal. Students may wear sunglasses, hats, or other sun-protective wear outdoors during school hours; however, these articles must not violate this dress code. However, a principal may allow hats if their messaging is school related.
- Clothing and footwear traditionally designed as sleepwear shall not be worn.
- No costumes allowed, which could be parts of a costume such as tails, gloves, ears, non-prescription eyewear, collars of any kind. Exceptions include Spirit Week or other school sponsored events. On these special occasions, all clothing must be within dress code guidelines and must represent the particular school and its reason for celebrating.
Parents will be contacted for dress code violations and students will be asked not to wear the inappropriate clothes to school again. Continual dress code violations may result in disciplinary actions.
