Wednesday, June 30, 1999
This dress code targets teachers
Body piercings, jeans are no-nos
BY MOLLY HARPER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
ERLANGER — Teachers at Erlanger-Elsmere schools should enjoy wearing shorts and T-shirts while they can because this fall, dress shirts and neckties will be required dress.
The Elsmere-Erlanger Independent Schools board has approved the first draft of a faculty dress code that forbids revealing or inappropriate clothing. The code, set to begin this fall, is being revised and will be presented to the board for final approval July 8.
“We used to tell folks just to dress appropriately, but as time goes on the definition of appropriate has changed,” said superintendent James Molley. “It's not that our teachers are dress ing badly, we just (want) to have something concrete for people to go by.”
That means no blue jeans, shorts, Hawaiian shirts, halter tops, sweat shirts, low-cut dresses or blouses. Gym teachers can wear athletic shorts on the field but must change into pants while in other parts of the building.
The code is unique in that no other districts are quite as specific, according to school officials across the Tristate.
Mr. Molley said most board members accepted the code but were surprised that he included visible body piercings and tattoos in the inappropriate column.
“Believe it or not, I've had prospective teachers come in with tattoos on their arms or tongue piercings so big they can barely speak to me,” he said. “We're just not going to have that in the classroom.”
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