We have a new dress code at Pinellas Park Middle. The one last year was mostly reasonable, however, this upcoming school years dress code for 2019-2020 is pushing it a bit to far.

Pinellas Park Middle has adopted a modified uniform dress code for all students.

Tops: A solid color polo style shirt (without logos and no red or black) or a school-sponsored shirt will be worn at ALL times by students.

Jackets: All sweaters and jackets must zip or button up (no pullovers of any type).

Bottoms: All bottoms (pants, jeans, capris, shorts or skirts) must be khaki or SOLID dark blue, without rips, tears, holes or frays of any kind.

• Shorts - must be 1 inch above the knee or longer
• All dresses and/or skirts must be worn below the knee or longer
• Gym shorts and/or basketball shorts may only be worn during P.E.
• All pants and shorts will be worn at the waist.

In addition parents, we would greatly appreciate your assistance to help us maintain our dress code policy by following the criteria below
• No tight bodycon skirts/dresses or tight miniskirts will be worn.
• No skirts or dresses with see through or sheer material may be worn.
• No tights, jeggings, or leggings are to be worn to school as a standalone or underneath any clothing.
• No hats, head coverings or full headwraps may be worn during any portion of the school day without the expressed permission of the principal.
• No bandanas of any kind will be worn for any purpose (including for hair clips or bows).
• No oversized floppy hair bows.
• All sandal type shoes must have a strap on the back, no flip flops or slides to be worn.
• No vests of any kind.
• No pullover tops, sweaters or jackets of any kind.

The new dress code now reads students are not aloud to wear red or black colored polos.That is not acceptable. I know many kids black is the main color of thier wardrobe. Also, red? So are you telling me that our kids aren't allowed to wear a color that's in our American Flag! They are also limiting colors of pants to only dark blue or khaki. That's a bit excessive. I haven't seen any proof that wearing certain colors cause a distraction in school.

The changes I propose are no color restrictions on polos or pants. Yes pants can be a solid color, however they should be able to wear whatever color they want. The same with the polos. Also any PPMS hear that was purchased in recent years should be able to be worn, even pull overs. If they were purchased with the PPMS logo through the school they should be aloud. Also, leggings under skirts should be permitted as long as the skirt still adheres to the dress code. Most girls don't want guys to have a chance to look up thier skirts in class. One more change is they need to remove the last line at the bottom that says: • No pullover tops, sweaters or jackets of any kind.  At the very top it says all jackets and sweaters must be zip up. This last line sounds contradicting. I don't think any of these things are asking to much. Sign if you agree these changes need to take effect for the Pinellas Park Middle School Dress Code located at: 6940 70th Ave N, Pinellas Park, FL 33781.