So the people saying "uniforms fix everything" obviously don't have kids or they'd know how expensive it can be to purchase and maintain.--I know uniforms cost the families LESS in the end. A shirt and pants is less costly than buying 4 or 5 outfits off the racks for Each season! Then the family buys more just to keep up with the trends. Uniforms saved thousands of dollars for me. Then they could get more trendy clothes to go other places than school. So, if it is cost, it is cheaper to go with a uniform. Believe me.

I drop one child at elementary school, where my 7 yr old is worried about her shirt straps being too skinny, one at the middle school where the girls and boys both dress like normal folks, and my oldest at the high school, where I see PARENTS dropping off their teen boys with their pants below their butts. Really parents? Have you no idea of what just got out of your car? If it is a distraction for girls to wear spandex, why are you not telling your boys that they need to have their butts covered? my 7 yr old commented one day that she could see boys butt cracks thru their undies. And somehow, it is the girl's fault that the boys can't control their reaction when girls wear tight pants? hmmm.

I wonder if any these kids know how to polish their shoes?

Back in the 60's, why were required to tuck in our shirts. Oh, and we took off our caps and overshoes when we entered the school. Today some wear their caps while dining! We need more hat racks.

Start looking at the kids' grade point averages and stop looking at their butts (the latter is the boys' job). What do you expect --they don't dress any worse than a lot of adults you see in public. I graduated from high school in 1965 and parents and teachers were clucking about inappropriate dress then too.

My question-how is this any different than the short spandex shorts worn by the girls volley- ball teams, they seem to show just as much as the leggings do-I'm just sayin!

Just wander through MOA some Saturday and see what the kids wear - frankly, I'm tired of young women and girls who don't have more respect for themselves than to show off everything they own, as soon as they get it, thinking that's the way to go about things. Tarting themselves up with make-up (nearly always too much, and with no talent for application), extremely low-cut tops, etc., I guess you can tell the ones who will go into advertising, as a career. They're sure out there selling, pretty early on, in life. How much more extreme could this get?

Heh. When I was in high school (and middle school, for that matter), Madonna was all the rage and schools had to fight like crazy to keep us from wearing off-the-shoulder Flashdance sweatshirts and bras as outerwear. I look at the photo accompanying this article and it's like looking at my yearbook. All we need are stirrup pants to start making a comeback! (I kid. We really don't need that.) As for leggings in the workplace, trust me, some people are trying that and it ain't working. Ditto for the men in skinny jeans. Stop that.

They dress atrociously in public schools then take it to the workplace.

Went to Catholic School in the '70's and uniforms probably aren't the answer. My favorite uniform modifications then were the the "Zig-Zag Man" t-shirts clearly visible under the boys shirts and the micro length shortened skirts for the girls. Kids are kids, as long as they aren't tatooing and piercing who cares.