North Desoto requires students to wear strict, expensive, and sexist uniforms. As a public school, I and some of my fellow students believe that uniforms should not be required. We believe that we deserve the right to be expressive through clothing and not forced to conform to their standards of what's "acceptable." We are the future generation of change, it starts now. The photos attached to this petition are uniforms that technically violate the school dress code policy. One which the student was dress coded because of the COLOR OF HER HAIR. She has also gotten in trouble for the amount of makeup shes worn and her ear piercings. Below is a small portion of our dress code.

SHIRTS
� Red, Navy Blue, White Polo Shirts – Long/Short Sleeve
� White Oxford, Button-up, Shirts – Long/Short Sleeve (Shirts may not be revealing)
� All shirts must be loose-fitting.
� All shirts must have a collar.
� All shirts must be proper length to tuck in.
T-SHIRTS
� Red, White, Gray, or Navy blue plain, short-sleeve shirt may be worn under uniform shirt. (No
Additional Colors Permitted)
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� Red, White, Gray, or navy blue plain long-sleeve t-shirt may be worn under uniform shirt. (No
Additional Colors Permitted)
� Spirit t-shirts are reserved for Friday wear ONLY unless authorized by administration.
BOTTOMS
� All bottoms must be navy or khaki cotton twill, standard khaki color. (Bottoms may include pants,
skirts, capris, walking shorts, skorts, and jumpers). Plaid #37 is acceptable for skirts and jumpers.
� No cargo pants, skinny jeans, or jogger will be allowed. No flaps on back pockets. No front pockets
other than those at the waist.
� All skirts, walking shorts, skorts, and jumpers can be no more than 4 inches above the knee when
measured from the floor with student in a kneeling position.
� Waistbands may not fall below the student’s waistline. Neither undergarments nor any part of
the midsection should be visible. Sagging is not allowed and strictly enforced.
� Boots may not be worn with shorts. Pants must be outside of boots.

JACKETS/OUTERWEAR
� When entering the school, all outer wear (other than sweaters, sweatshirts, hoodies, or blazers in red,
navy blue, gray, and/or white) must be removed.
� All outerwear must be of reasonable fit.
� Jackets and coats can have hoods but hoods may only be worn outside. No long (below the knee)
dusters or trench coats are allowed.
� A collared, uniform shirt (in school colors) must be worn underneath all hoodies, sweatshirts, and
sweaters.