May. The program was implemented at Brentwood, T.S. Cooley, M.J. Kaufman, A.A. Nelson, Prien Lake, Fairview, and Pearl Watson elementary schools, the schools that showed the most interest in the program. The School Board held a series of surveys and public meetings to determine interest in the program. All schools have been encouraged to participate in the program on a voluntary basis. Uniforms are the same for all schools and consist of khaki bottoms, navy blue or white golf or oxford shirts or sweatshirts, navy blue or white socks and appropriate shoes and accessories. Parents like it.
Students seem to like it.
We are off and running,'' she said in August. School Board administrative staff will soon recommend that a mandatory uniform policy be adopted for all elementary schools for the 2000-2001 school year, Superintendent Jude Theriot said. The recommendations will be presented to the board's Curriculum and Instruction Committee in January. Suggestions may include that uniforms be mandatory in selected middle and secondary schools on a pilot basis, he said. Unifab is expected to open their local facilities in mid-2000.