School is a very stressful place, especially for young minds still developing intellectual ability and social maturity. It only adds to the pressure when the dress code is interpreted unreasonably. Prohibiting pajama pants when the student dress code fails to mention the garment at all is illogical.

Multiple people have been dress coded for this offense which happens to not be an offense at all. The dress code section of the student handbook interdicts clothing that is “too tight, too short, too loose, or exposes the body in an inappropriate way.” Pajama pants aren’t tight, but they aren’t extremely loose either; they’re pants and not exposing in any way.

The dress code does not specifically prohibit pajama pants. In fact, pajama pants are almost perfect schoolwear. They’re far from distracting, comfortable, and not revealing in the least. They rarely have vulgar or lewd prints on them. If they did happen to have such a thing, dress coding would be necessary.

However, for regular pajama pants alone, penalty is not ideal. Wearing pajama pants is almost like wearing sweatpants and no one gets dress coded for that.

So if the student hand book doesn’t include anything about pajama pants, and the legwear is following all dress code requirements, why are people still being disciplined for it?

Pajama pants are just like regular pants. There is no need to punish students for wearing them when there are no printed rules about them. They fit all the dress code guidelines and don’t distract onlookers. There has been no reasonable explanation as to why they’re restricted in the first place and frankly, it doesn’t seem anyone has the authority to penalize students for wearing them.

If pajama pants are allowed on a certain day, then obviously they’re not a huge disruption. So does this mean pajama pants are a money making scheme and not an actual offense? Students shouldn’t be punished for nothing. There are plenty of ways to raise money for the school that isn’t at the expense of the students. Teachers and authority figures should encourage students into action to raise money for their schools with hands-on activities. This entire ordeal is uncorroborated and needs to end.