Dumb, but happy. Perhaps you would like the school board to decide what cereal your family should have for breakfast. Say, the district could mandate what TV shows you're allowed to watch, and eliminate that night-time hassle. That just slipped out. If only those fool's parents had taught them better, we wouldn't be having this problem - the King would decide what our good children must wear.
Students have no legal choice about attending school.
Look around at major corporations - even the mighty Electronic Data Systems has dropped its stringent dress code.