School uniforms are the answer ... with uniforms you eliminate such minor issues and can concentrate on educating children.

butchie57 - "It is about time our schools show leadership and class with our youth"....It is about time PARENTS show leadership with their children. Time to parent and stop blaming the schools. You buy their clothes, not the school!

Where are the parents?

When spaghetti-strap tank tops and tube tops became the issue, I was in high school. I saw no problem with tank tops back then. I would laugh at the guys who wore pants around their thighs (it was a fashion in the 90s too, folks... it isn't new), but felt the administration went too far in banning the tank tops (the tube tops to me seemed a bit too little to school, even as a 17 year old male). Now, I'm not so sure. Leggings and yoga pants are everywhere, and I'm sure they are comfortable. And even women well beyond high school are wearing them with the same kind of short or tight tops. I think some of my hesitation to get worked up about this is that even in a white-collar, business casual workplace, women are wearing these kinds of clothes. Perhaps it's time we think about a middle ground between uniforms and covering up the bare minimum, and start working with a business casual definition, and go up or down from there. It both sets expectations for students as to what they will encounter in their working lives but also still allows a large amount of variability and individuality.

Kids today don't know how to dress. In my day, the boys had duck-tail haircuts, button-down shirts, and pants with a buckle in the back. The girls wore poodle skirts, bobby-socks, and two-tone saddle shoes. And, we all chewed gum. Get off my lawn!

There is a plus side and a minus side to the uniforms idea, and I have to say I agree with uniforms. My son went to public middle school in St. Paul and he had to wear a uniform. Simple black kaki's with a belt, and a white polo shirt. Kids expressed being an individual through dying their hair or wearing colorful shoelaces and believe it or not it was encouraged! ( my son had blue hair which prompted a bunch of other kids to be creative with their's as well. Teachers called it cool, creative and even a few would add a strip of color themselves!) Teachers loved to see how the kids learned to express themselves by being creative instead of being exposed.

I never, never thought I would be saying this, but maybe it is time for a "strict" dress code. Back in my days, most of us wore Levi Jeans and shirt/dress shirt - and that was year round. In fact, I am sitting here with Levi Jeans and a sweatshirt on now. I feel sorry for all of you involved in this issue. Kids: Please cover up!!

To those asking what the difference is between tight jeans and these spandex pants....let me tell you. There is a huge difference. These spandex pants leave "nothing" to the imagination. It's the closest you can get to walking around with no pants at all. I have nieces who wear them and I have to literally turn away for fear of embarrassment.

Anybody else read this article and immediately think, "Footloose"? Anyone who can actually side with this argument is of the mindset that, "I used to be 'with it', but now what 'it' is seems weird and scary." Not everyone looks good in Izod shirts, either. Loosen up, people.

Software says, "Kids today don't know how to dress. In my day, the boys had duck-tail haircuts, button-down shirts, and pants with a buckle in the back. The girls wore poodle skirts, bobby-socks, and two-tone saddle shoes.">>>And, in case anyone has forgotten, they caused the parents of that day to howl and scream in protest as well. Anyone who thinks uniforms will save the day has never spoken to a child who wears one. There are 1,000 ways to beat the code.