“It doesn’t matter what you wear,” says Chet Collins, 15, recent suspended from Ukiah (California) High School, where bandannas are considered gang garb. “People are going to fight if they’re in their underwear.”
Students at Waukegan High School outside Chicago leave their Walkmans at home. “You face the problem of kids stealing,” says principal Brian Ali.
Leggings are too disruptive, says Beverly Gibson, principal of Bates Academy in Detroit: “Nothing form-fitting, suggestive or cut out too much.”
Gold chains or bracelets are taboo in Baltimore schools. And no “large or extravagant” (read: “doorknocker”) earrings.
Never a real problem, cell phones were banned in the Charlotte, N.C. schools as “a preventive measure.”
In Washington, D.C., Bell Multicultural High School’s ban on skimpy tops is easy to enforce in the winter. “The problem for girls is when [the weather] gets warm,” says Learie Phillip, senior as principal.
Sometimes the rules backfire. In 1992 a District of Columbia high school banned beepers, then a minor problem. Now half the students carry them.
Since baseball caps are ideal for hiding small handguns and knives, many Boston public schools have banned them, and all other hats.
The garland of marijuana leaves on his T shirt runs afoul of the drug-free policy of some Atlanta schools.
Underwear stays under cover at Eastern H.S. in Washington, D.C. “Good dress habits go hand in hand with good work habits,” says principal Ralph Neal.
Along with Starter jackets, one of the hottest, and most commonly forbidden, items of teen chic.
title: “Do Clothes Make The Delinquent " ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-16” author: “Kathleen Peredo”
“It doesn’t matter what you wear,” says Chet Collins, 15, recent suspended from Ukiah (California) High School, where bandannas are considered gang garb. “People are going to fight if they’re in their underwear.”
Students at Waukegan High School outside Chicago leave their Walkmans at home. “You face the problem of kids stealing,” says principal Brian Ali.
Leggings are too disruptive, says Beverly Gibson, principal of Bates Academy in Detroit: “Nothing form-fitting, suggestive or cut out too much.”
Gold chains or bracelets are taboo in Baltimore schools. And no “large or extravagant” (read: “doorknocker”) earrings.
Never a real problem, cell phones were banned in the Charlotte, N.C. schools as “a preventive measure.”
In Washington, D.C., Bell Multicultural High School’s ban on skimpy tops is easy to enforce in the winter. “The problem for girls is when [the weather] gets warm,” says Learie Phillip, senior as principal.
Sometimes the rules backfire. In 1992 a District of Columbia high school banned beepers, then a minor problem. Now half the students carry them.
Since baseball caps are ideal for hiding small handguns and knives, many Boston public schools have banned them, and all other hats.
The garland of marijuana leaves on his T shirt runs afoul of the drug-free policy of some Atlanta schools.
Underwear stays under cover at Eastern H.S. in Washington, D.C. “Good dress habits go hand in hand with good work habits,” says principal Ralph Neal.
Along with Starter jackets, one of the hottest, and most commonly forbidden, items of teen chic.
