This practice was needed to keep little kids safer in the schools and the community in general. But today schools are crossing boundaries that transcend the usual concerns of safety. I believe that imposing a dress code is just too restrictive to children. What ever happened to individuality and self expression. As long as students do not distract others with sexually improper clothing, I think they can wear what they want.
Many schools demand that students wear blue dress pants and white shirts for boys.
Blue skirts and white blouses should be worn by the girls. This, to me, is plain, boring, and not conducive to a productive environment. Students who don't think creatively in little things like the types of clothes they can wear will become mindless drones. Students should develop a self-concept and many do so with the clothes that they wear. Many proponents of dress codes say that the codes will deminish the violence that take place in public schools.