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Southwest DeKalb High School

Dekalb County Schools

DCSD Student Dress Code

DCSD Uniform Policy

DCSD STUDENT DRESS CODE
2024-2025

The atmosphere of a school must be conducive to learning. While the focus of the DeKalb Code of Student Conduct is behavior expectations, students clothing can affect their safety and their appearance can positively or negatively impact the climate of a school. Students must adhere to the school district’s dress code requirements. Students who fail to comply with the dress code requirements, as enumerated below, may be charged with Rule #25 –Student Dress Code Violation, Rule #8B – Refusal to Follow Instructions of Faculty or Staff Member/Insubordination and Rule #19 Repeated Violations and subject to the listed consequences.

DeKalb County School District Dress Code
The Dress Code is enforced at all school district sponsored events.

As a reasonable accommodation, exceptions for religious reasons, medical conditions, disabilities, or other extraordinary reasons may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Exceptions must be approved by the principal. This is not an exhaustive list of dress wear. 
All Students Must
All Students Must Not
-Wear suitable clothing that maintains a safe and orderly
environment promoting respect, care for self, and others.
-Wear a shirt of opaque (non-see through) fabric that covers all
undergarments including during any movement while sitting or
standing.
-Wear bottoms of opaque (non-see through) fabric that covers all
undergarments including during any movement while sitting or
standing.
-Wear clothing that corresponds with the demands and purpose of
the activity in which the student participates.
-Wear protective clothing, headgear, eyewear, etc. required for
specific programs, classes, or activities.
-Wear shoes at all times. Footwear that interferes with freedom, movement, or safety are prohibited.



-Wear pajamas, pajama shirts, bottoms, or sleepwear of any kind.
Wear house shoes, bedroom slippers of any kind, or footwear that interferes with freedom, movement, or safety.  
-Wear headgear of any kind (religious practices, medical conditions, disabilities, specific school activities are excluded). -Wear clothing, jewelry, tattoos, piercings, or other body ornaments that disrupt the educational process or endanger the health or safety of other students, staff or visitors.
-Wear clothing, insignia, symbols, tattoos, piercings, jewelry, or adornments worn or carried on or about a student which promote gangs or the use of controlled substances, drugs, alcohol, or tobacco.
-Wear clothing, tattoos, or other adornments which show offensive and/or vulgar words, pictures, diagrams, drawings, or includes words or phrases of a violent nature, a disruptive nature, a sexual nature, politically/socially controversial words or graphics or words or phrases that are derogatory regarding a person’s ethnic background, color, race, national origin, religious belief, sexual orientation, or disability.

NOTE: Local schools that offer school choice options may add additional requirements such as school uniforms. Students/Parents are urged to review individual local school handbooks for any additional requirements related to student dress. Any local dress code requirements must align to the DCSD student dress code.