The dress code at Slidell High School has caused problems along the lines of freedom of expression. Our school system has enacted a dress code that supports conformity. Slidell is a more impoverished community, thus dress code was brought in to allow the more poor community to not be judged in schools around town. However, with this, more problems have been caused monetarily. There are about 1,789 students at Slidell High School. For one student, a uniform is typically $150 dollars on average. Assuming that this populace is going for the full four years, this is $600 in total for one student to purchase uniforms for the entirety of high school. For every student, this is $1,073,400 for the entire school. Now, if we change the priorities in education from uniforms to the actual educational supplies and systems that we need, this money could be used for better situations. However, we are wasting money on the expensive uniforms that we have placed on the district. And this is only for one school! Imagine the math for the entirety of District 13. Another problem with the dress code is the way that it targets the LGBTQ+, the people of color, and the feminine populace at Slidell High. The dress code greatly impacts the female community at school due to the way that it was created to repress femininity. The amount of sexualization that is within the dress codes for showing shoulders, knees, and legs is completely unacceptable. Feminine expressing people are often targeted due to the clothes that we wear being too "showy" or "sexual". We should be allowed to show skin, we need equal representation in our schools. With people of color, it is also an issue. The School Boards' dress code is violating the POC women at our school because of genetic body types. The constant sexualization that POC women and men face at our school is uncomfortable, due to the faculty staring and dress coding. Many white people at our school do not experience as many of these problems. Today, I experienced getting dress coded because I was wearing fishnets. There are various white people that I have come across who wear fishnets as well are getting disregarded. This, however, is not a race war. We need to come together to fight the suppression that the school board rules give us.