One more HUGE can of worms opened up.

I hope Centennial learns from this and just goes straight to uniforms.

What kind of message does a shirt that says, "I miss your boyfriend" send?

Yes it seems harmless but is that want i want a 13 year old girl wearing? Definitely not.

Parents that don't like it can take their kids to the local charter school. Oh wait if you go there you have a uniform don't you?

I'm glad to see Dixon stand up for some decency standards since many parents aren't.

You see more cleavage at the middle schools than you do at a Victoria's Secret store front!

How is 78% of one-third of the student body a vast majority?

Also, I'm wondering if they are going to enforce this one any better than the current dress code, which already addressed the issues of modesty and gang attire but is rampantly violated. Most parents I talked to didn't even know there was a dress code already in place. Despite my requests the administration post it along with the proposed dress code so parents could make an informed decision before they voted (not that their vote would have mattered, apparently), it was not.

If it was going to be an executive decision they shouldn't have bothered with a vote.

It doesn't surprise me one bit that the vote did not pass by an established 80%; and yet, the school will go ahead and implement the dress code. Why should Dixon Middle School be any different than the Provo School District Administration........."We are the power" "We can determine set and enforce policy".

That is why I would not suggest for anyone to go work for PSD.....they are corrupt!

The only parents quoted in the story are those who are against the change in the school dress code. Isn't the story here that 78% of the voting individuals choose to require a very clean looking dress code? Isn't the real story that an enormous majority would like the students to clean up their appearance? Must the story focus on the losers instead of the winners? Judging from the comments published in the story, the 22% minority need to clean up their attitude as well as their appearance.

It wouldn't hurt if the writer cleaned up his attitude as well.

Doodles, the story here is not that 78% are in favor of the dress code. The real story is that the administration was sneaky and underhanded, and their "78%" is not a true representation. They didn't inform parents, and they went back on their word. Of course I want the kids at my daughter's school to dress appropriately, which is something the current dress code addresses, if only it were followed. I don't oppose the new dress code so that teenagers can be allowed to dress slutty. I oppose it because it's badly written, it's unnecessary, and it won't solve the problems the committee wants to solve.

The story is here is little girls going to school in clothes so skimpy it would make Hollywood look conservative.

The story here is parents that let their kids dress so poorly that a school has to make rules to get them to understand they aren't being parents.

I too find it interesting that only the negative comments were quoted here in this article.
Where is the fairness in your writing Amy? Did you really not hear from ANY parent that was for this change?
It was stated that the "Dress Standard did not pass" by the principal. The proposed standard is not what is in place for this coming year.
The administration did not only look at the 22% that did not want the change. Thank goodness for that! I am glad they looked at the 78% that wanted change and decided to go ahead and adjust the standards and stand up for the majority. So the 80% wasn't met. 78% was a clear voice.
As for those that did not "attend" the parent teacher conference, this discussion was ongoing since the beginning of the year. I dare say you had to have read it in a newsletter or heard it from your student?
THANK YOU DIXON ADMINISTRATION!

I have read every single newsletter sent home. I never saw anything about the proposed dress code. The day after ksl ran the story on the 10 pm news, my own Dixon student still had not yet heard about it.

And since when does 78% of one third of the student body represent the clear majority?

Absolutely, have a dress code. I am definitely all for it. Know what? Dixon already has one, and it's not being enforced. How will the collared shirts rule change that?