UPDATE: USA Today recently reported that more schools are requiring teachers and other staff to follow dress codes.
I surveyed some local school districts to find out if our area is following the national trend.
Apparently not.
San Juan Unified requires staff to dress appropriately, but doesn't give specifics.
Sacramento City Unified asks teachers "to maintain professional standards of dress and grooming." It also asks staff to "wear clothing that demonstrates their high regard for education."
Some districts let school principals decide if there will be a dress code.
A few districts have more specific dress codes. The Placer County Office of Education asks their teachers and staff to use "sound judgment" and "good taste," but are given some specifics: no halter tops, bare midriffs, clothing with obscene, vulgar or offensive messages or clothing with alcohol- or tobacco-related logos.
Westlake Charter School and Westlake Charter Middle School in Natomas have a very specific dress code. They prohibit bare midriffs, tube tops, spaghetti straps, see-through clothes, excessively tight clothes, inappropriate skirt lengths and clothes that are faded, torn, patched, frayed or dirty.
Shorts and sweatpants can only be worn by PE or arts teachers, unless there is a picnic, field trip, nature walk, in-service day or Spirit Day, according to the code.
Loretta Kalb started her reporting career at The Sacramento Union, moved to KOVR-13 as a television reporter, editor and producer, headed to The Associated Press in San Francisco and eventually returned to Sacramento and joined The Sacramento Bee. Throughout her career, she has covered the state Legislature, courts, local government and, now, education. She is a Chico native and an Elk Grove resident.
Diana Lambert began her journalism career as a proofreader at the Lodi News-Sentinel. She is now a senior writer at The Sacramento Bee covering K-12 education and California State University, Sacramento. Previously she was The Bee’s Elk Grove bureau chief. Lambert was raised in a military family and lived at bases around the globe. She attended four high schools, graduating from Tokay High in Lodi and then Sacramento State University. She lives in Elk Grove.
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