Supplies / Dress Code

Students will receive information about necessary school supplies from their teachers the first week of school.

Students' dress and grooming are expected to be in keeping with accepted community standards.

DRESS AND GROOMING

The District’s dress code is established to teach grooming and hygiene, instill discipline, prevent disruption, avoid safety hazards and assert authority.  Students shall come to school looking clean and neat, wearing clothing and exhibiting grooming that will not be a health and safety hazard to the student or others.  The District prohibits pictures, emblems, or writings on clothing that are lewd, offensive, vulgar, or obscene (i.e. Co-Ed Naked, Big Johnson, etc.), slam slogans, or that depict or advertise tobacco products, alcoholic beverages of any kind, drugs, or any other substance prohibited under policy FNCF (LOCAL); or identifies or refers to satanic, cult, or gang activities. Further it prohibits any dress or grooming that, in the principal’s judgment, may reasonably be expected to interfere with normal school operations.
A school is judged in some degree by the appearance of its students.  It is the responsibility of each student to uphold the high standards of Overton ISD by dressing properly for school. Students and parents may determine a student’s personal dress and grooming standards provided that they comply with the following student dress requirements that include, but are not limited to the following:

• Button Type shirts are to be buttoned to within one button of the top of the shirt or whatever is appropriate and reasonable for that shirt.
• Hair should be cut often enough to insure good grooming.  The length of the hair for boys should not be below the ears, below the collar, or in the student’s eyes.
• Unnatural colors and distracting hair styles will not be allowed.  Students will be allowed to wear school colors in their hair during homecoming week
• Boys may not wear earrings.
• Ornaments in, on, or around the ears of male students or in, on, or around the nose, eyebrows, and tongue of any student will not be worn during the school day or at school activities.
• Boys may not wear sleeveless shirts except as mentioned in reference to jerseys.  Shirts that hang below the buttocks may not be worn.  Students will not be allowed to wear see-through or midriff type tops, sun tops, halter tops, strapless tops, or basketball jerseys without a sleeved shirt under the jersey.  All tops must conceal undergarments. Appropriate undergarment must be worn. A top must have shoulder straps a minimum of 2½ inches in width.  If skin is exhibited when sitting, standing, or raising the arms the top is not acceptable.  Necklines must not be revealing. Skirt length and short length shall be no more than three inches above the knee measured by kneeling on the floor and placing a yardstick on the floor.  Tight fitting shorts may not be worn.  All shorts are to be hemmed.  The lengths do not apply to Head Start through 2nd grade.
• Shorts may not be worn from November 1 through Spring Break.
• Pants must be worn at the waist, may not be torn or ripped inappropriately. They must not have tears or holes more than 3 inches above the knee, or have writing on the seat of the pants.  Pajama bottoms, flannel pants, sleep pants, and lounge pants are not allowed.
• Caps, hats, toboggans, headbands, or any other type of head covering may not be worn inside the buildings.
• Sunglasses may not be worn inside the buildings.
• Shoes must be worn at all times.  Flip-flops and house slippers are not appropriate for school. No shoes with cleats are allowed. Elementary students must wear shoes with a secure fit at the heel and no open heel shoes allowed. 
• Chains (such as attached to wallets) may not be worn at school.
• Temporary tattoos must be removed.  Permanent tattoos must be covered.

If a student chooses not to comply with the dress code, the following consequences will occur:  

            1st Offense – Student may call home and have parent bring appropriate clothing to become compliant with the policy, or they will be placed in ISS for the remainder of the day.
            2nd Offense – Student will be placed in ISS for the remainder of the day.
            3rd Offense – Student will be suspended for one day.
            4th Offense -  Student will be suspended for three days.
  
Five or more infractions will be treated as persistent misbehavior, and will be addressed in the manner described in Student Code of Conduct.