Ashley School Principal Bette A. Tripp said her school adopted a voluntary uniform policy this fall after 75 percent of the parents said they favored it. But if you're in school clothes, you tend to be more serious. Mount Pleasant and Lincoln elementary schools also have voluntary uniform policies. Students wear khaki pants or skirts and colored shirts with collars. None of the junior high schools have uniform policies.
Principals note that it is much more difficult to persuade older children to wear school uniforms.
Michael Ras, the assistant principal at Roosevelt Junior High, said no parents asked for a uniform policy. Ms. Buccos agreed it is more difficult to convince older children to wear uniforms. They feel a uniform will inhibit this. I feel it benefits a student. Ms. Buccos said uniforms force teachers to get to know the child better.