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School Dress Codes
The following essay will examine what school dress codes are and why many schools are now slowly moving this policy into there schools. School dress codes are set policies enforced by the school or school districts, by making a student wear a certain type of clothing or one basic type such as a uniform. Dress codes in schools began as early as the 50’s and 60’s when schools were on a campaign to curb “juvenile delinquency”. Juvenile delinquency refers to either violent or non-violent crime committed by persons who are under the age of eighteen and are still considered to be a minor. In the 80’s, gang activity was growing in schools, which led officials to reexamine their dress code, and for the first time considered a uniform. In 1987 a Baltimore, Maryland school, Cherry Hill Elementary, became the first public school to have adopted uniforms. Uniforms were later followed by Long Beach Unified School District in 1994 to become the first full......

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