I want to start this off by thanking all of you who have either shared this petition or talked about it amongst others!! Our petition alone has been seen by 3,600 people in total and has been shared 542 times. WHICH IS AMAZING BY THE WAY. Even making it as far to be talked about on our school announcements. So lets keep it up guys and keep pushing for this change. It has been discussed with me that this process takes time and will happen eventually but I just don’t trust that. Our act against the dress code is more seen as “not wanting to follow rules” but its way more than that!! Fulton’s community and the area its in is a majority of low income backgrounds. Not saying this applies to everyone at fulton but it does for a vast majority including myself. For some it might be harder to find the right color or the right shade of the color to be in dress-code. Or might not have the available recourses to keep track of said clothes. I know that the school supplies academy dress code clothing but honestly to some this might feel humiliating or uncomfortable. Students feel subjected by the fact that they’re receiving harsh punishments because of the new regulations set in place. I know everything takes time but this needs to be acted on ASAP. It wouldn’t be fair to this years group of seniors if the academy colors were removed a year later as they have been going through this for 4 whole years. This type of colored dresscode has been set in place for years, I know this because my mother once attended fulton and it didnt start with specific colored dresscode untill after she graduated in 1999. My brother as well also attended fulton and had to comply with the same thing with button ups and khakis as well as the colors from 2016-2019. Its my belief that if we dont act now to get this changed it never will!! So much has done by other students in the past to bring awareness to serious situations and they have been overlooked. But we are the new voices of our generation and we must use that!!