Rutland High administrators took to the PA system last week when they started noticing what more than 1,100 students were wearing or not wearing. This is an institution of higher learning please make sure to reserve the beachwear for the beach, Associate Principal Larry Lattanzi told scantily clad scholars. The school is one of a growing number with not only a written dress code, but also the need to reinforce it this month. We do allow shorts but not short shorts and we do allow T-shirts but not sleeveless shirts or bare midriffs, Cunningham says at Rutland Middle. The vast majority of students are good about complying.
Schools also hope to stop meandering eyes with more hands-on learning.
Rutland High, for example, will unveil Year-End Studies enrichment classes May 21. Rutland Middle, for its part, will offer its 385 students field trips, special events and time outside during lunch. Getting a little exercise is helpful. Rutland Police Officer Chuck Hall, who works at the high school, reports another change with the weather. Attitude, Hall says.