Dress Code

Students and Families
Dress Code

Dress and Grooming
The district’s dress code is established to teach grooming and hygiene, prevent disruption, and minimize safety hazards.

Note: LWISD allows students to wear regular clothes that follow the LWISD dress code for the 2023-2024 school year. Students may wear uniforms if they choose.

Pre-K – 5th Grade

● All shirts must be an appropriate size.
● Sweatshirts or jackets may be worn. Students must have a school-appropriate shirt underneath jackets and sweatshirts. Hoods from jackets or hoodies must remain off the head while on school grounds.
● Shorts, skirts, or "skorts” must be at or below fingertips length when arms are at the side. No sagging or baggy pants will be allowed.
● Leggings may be worn under the approved clothing.
● Hairstyles that, in the opinion of the campus administrator, cause a health or safety hazard, or cause a disruption of the educational process shall not be permitted.
● Face paint is strictly prohibited without prior administrative approval.
● No hats, head coverings, scarves, bandanas, or sunglasses of any kind are to be brought to school and worn in the building without prior administrative approval. Medical and religious exceptions are available with principal approval.
● All students must wear appropriate footwear. (i.e. no flip-flops, slippers, house shoes, etc.)
● The wearing of heavy chains, spiked jewelry, and body piercing jewelry is prohibited.
● Earrings may be worn in ears.
● Gang paraphernalia, symbols, or gestures are strictly prohibited.

Middle School & High School

● The district prohibits pictures, emblems, clothing, or writing on clothing that are lewd, offensive, vulgar, or obscene, that depict the occult; that represent gang membership; or that advertise tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance prohibited under school policy. The district also prohibits any clothing or grooming that, in the principal’s judgment, may reasonably be expected to cause a disruption of or interfere with normal school operations.
● Dresses or tops that are strapless, backless, crop-tops, tube-tops, halters, have spaghetti-type straps, or show midriff are prohibited. Low cut neck lines will not be worn. No amount of cleavage will be shown. Blouses and shirts must cover the waistband when the hands are raised above the head and cover the crown of the shoulder.
● See-through clothing, such as fishnet/lace shirts and shredded clothes, is prohibited.
● Shorts or skirts must be no higher than 3” above the knee.
● Rips, holes, tears, or cuts above the knee must be patched so that no skin is visible.
● Form-fitting garments such as leggings and spandex must be worn with an appropriate shirt, dress, skirt, shorts, jumper, etc. that reaches to 3” above the knee.
● Pajamas are prohibited.
● Pants or shorts must be worn at the waistline (i.e., no sagging) and must have a hem.
● No hats, head coverings, scarves, bandanas, or sunglasses of any kind are to be brought to school and worn in the building without prior administrative approval.   Medical and religious exceptions are available with principal approval.
● All coats or jackets with or without a hood and can be buttoned or zipped from top to bottom may be worn during the school day with a school-appropriate shirt underneath. Hoods from jackets or hoodies must remain off the head while on school grounds.
● All students must wear appropriate footwear. House shoes are not permitted.
● No trench coats or dusters.
● The wearing of heavy chains or spiked jewelry is prohibited.
● No sunglasses to be worn in the building.
● No blankets in the building.
● No gang paraphernalia, symbols, or gestures may be displayed in any manner.

[All Grade Levels]
All students who, in the opinion of a teacher, are in violation of this dress code will be sent to the principal or designee (i.e., assistant principal) for a determination. If the principal determines that a student’s grooming or clothing violates the school’s dress code, the student will be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school. If not corrected, the student may be assigned to in-school suspension for the remainder of the day, until the problem is corrected, or until a parent or designee brings an acceptable change of clothing to the school. Repeated offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.