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Being able to have freedom to your appearance is a basic human right the school is suppressing and can also affect people who wish to dress differently for cultural or religious reasons.
Makayla supported: Urge High School to Reform Overly Restrictive Dress Code PoliciesAs a recent alumnus (class of 2022), I'm very confused with regards to the reasoning behind the decision to make the class of 2026 purchase a new uniform, and I strongly urge the STA administration to reconsider. The parents/guardians of students choose to pay the tuition (which, as a aside, has increased in the last couple of years by over 10% per student) and any additional costs of attendance, none of which they would have to pay if they opted for a public school, in order for their students to receive a quality Catholic education. Any new additional mandatory purchases simply ought to be for better purposes than another change of uniform. The uniform change my class (2022) underwent was handled by allowing the older classes to keep wearing their old uniforms. I see no reason why the same can't be done again now. At the very least, I think the administration should provide further clarification to the parents/guardians, the ones who will have to pay this additional cost, as to why this decision was made.
William supported: The Class of 2026's uniform polos should be grandfathered inWe have twins and they will be seniors next year… the tuition keeps increasing and to buy all the uniforms again is a lot. When you just need to replenish some items… we purchased quite a few items last year thinking that we didn’t have to buy anything else…
Magalis supported: The Class of 2026's uniform polos should be grandfathered inMy daughter gets dress coded more than I think she should. I personally think it’s because she is a bigger girl. The worst was when an administrator dress coded her after she took her school photo at meet the teacher night. We were with her, she was not dress inappropriately at all! She was excited about the new dress she had just gotten. It was modest, discovered her bra completely. Yes, she had some cleavage on show, but not worth dress coding her for a photo we were buying! And I can’t count the number of times shorts have been an issue. I have to buy men’s basketball shorts or they are “too short.”
Karyn supported: Equalize Greenville County's Sexist Dress CodeThe ban that was proposed and passed about the banning of hoodies in Socrates Academy, a rule presented as a help to the student body, has already shown extreme damage to the mental attitude and the well-being of the students and their opinions about the school. A mere two days after the ban was passed, the entire school was enraged and talking about it. I and many others have never seen fellow students from all backgrounds so passionate about a rule. The bait and switch ban on hoodies was a large mistake for a multitude of reasons, including but not limited to the following:
Student comfort- Students wearing hoodies at Socrates Academy have felt comfortable and confident with their hoodies on especially due to varying temperatures in class, the additional comfort found in hoodies compared to crew necks for example and the hood aspect, which keeps ears warm whilst outside.
Money spent on hoodies- by the time of the ban, hoodies at Socrates went for roughly 70 dollars. Of the more than 800 students attending our school, 99% of them own one hoodie. Want proof? Go into any class and see how many hoodies are being worn all together. The amount of money spent on hoodies, not including getting new ones after growing out, would be in the hundreds of thousands. Is the school prepared to reimburse the hoodies sold to those students?
Inhibits a positive learning environment- Socrates academys school mottos are: filotimo, arete, and Strive for Excellence. I would like to emphasise the strive for excellence, to allow us to do that you must create a positive learning environment, a major factor in that is creating student comfort. getting rid of the most comfortable thing the students are permitted to wear in their normal classes would destroy that.
In conclusion, I believe this is an abuse of power and a flimsy show of force to try and show the students who is boss and make us more subservient to the schools' rules
Sincerely, Joseph Reeves
Joseph supported: Overturn the Ban on Student Hoodie Wearing at Socrates AcademyI believe this is an overreach of authority. Requiring us to wear uniforms is one thing, but banning sweatshirts is completely unfair. What about the weather? With climate change making temperatures more unpredictable, not allowing students to wear sweatshirts could lead to an increase in colds or other illnesses from not dressing warmly enough.
If anything, this decision should have been voted on by both parents and students in grades 6-12 to see if people actually support it. As a student, I perform better when I feel comfortable. If some students are misbehaving, they should be the ones facing consequences—not everyone. Punishing the entire student body for the actions of a few is not right.
In short, I see this as an abuse of power by the board. It could negatively impact students' health, leading to more sickness during colder months. The best solution would be to hold a vote or at least gather input from students, parents, and teachers before making a decision like this. The Board of Directors is not the school—students, parents, and teachers are the ones who truly make up the school.
priyanka supported: Overturn the Ban on Student Hoodie Wearing at Socrates AcademyAs a former student at Socrates Academy and friend to a student that still attends, I feel a responsibility to help as much as I can. It is not right to take away a piece of clothing for no reason AT ALL. Socrates Academy needs to step up and actually listen to student opinions and parent opinions. Most people need these hoodies to feel comfortable at school. You can not take away the only clothing at Socrates that helps people feel comfortable in their own skin. I will sign this petition to help my friends and fellow students at Socrates because this against Socrates Proud.
Matilda supported: Overturn the Ban on Student Hoodie Wearing at Socrates AcademyI believe this is an abuse of power. It’s one thing to make us wear uniform, but not allowing us to wear sweatshirts, it’s just not right. What about the weather. I mean with this increase in climate change the temperatures everyday will only get more weird, so not allowing us to wear sweatshirts could risk an epidemic of the cold, or other diseases caused by not dressing warm. If anything we should have had a vote for it by every parent and 6-12 grade student to figure out if this is something people actually want. As a student when I feel comfortable, I feel like I can do way more at school. If my fellow scholars are acting up they deserved to be punished. Making everybody pay for a mistake by another peer is not ok.
In summary I believe this an abuse of power by the board. This could most definitely be have an infect on my fellow scholars and my health, and we could see an increase in sickness in the colder months of the year next year. Voting would be the best way to do this. Or just to put out the idea and see if the people want this. The BOD is not the school. The scholars and the parents and teachers make up the school not the BOD
Brody supported: Overturn the Ban on Student Hoodie Wearing at Socrates AcademyAs a person who had been at socrates for a very long time I had worn a hoodie almost every single day because of how inconsistent the temperature was in each of the rooms and the shear fact that they are comfortable and make sitting in a chair all day feel a whole lot better. The reason kids wear a hoodie is not just because they think it looks good or that some are trying to use it to hide headphones, it’s because it serves a purpose which is to keep whom ever is wearing it warm and comfortable. By taking away the ability for students to wear hoodies it can create a problem for some parents who now have to go buy new clothes for their kid. Not all parents have the funds to go and purchase a new uniform for their kid. I also wanted to point out the fact that socrates already has a very limited opinion of clothes you can wear to school and by eliminating one of the most used item by students it can make students who have been wearing them for a very long time feel like they have to change up their whole outfit even if it’s just removing a single item. It’s like when we all had to wear masks to school during the pandemic, it was a very minor change but to us kids it felt like a whole lot more and now taking something that isn’t temporary and not because of a serious problem is just simply outrageous. The fact the the people who would be putting this rule into place could still go on with their normal life and not think twice about it and not have it effect their day to day life in any sort of way just brings up the question “why?”. If the ban is being influenced by the use of hoods so kids can listen to music with their headphones then why in the world should the younger kids who most don’t even have a phone yet get affected and punished? I personally don’t believe this is fair or just and I believe that students should be allowed to wear hoodies.
Sincerely,
Noah Haake
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