Red River High School - Epilogue Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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si li Student Proposes Fiexlhie Dress Code Does the dress code make sense? Ihat question seems to be plaguing many Red River students. The dress code is fairly general and not overly stringent, but why is there a need of a dress code? The purpose of a dress code is supposedly to keep wearing apparrel in line and prevent distractions from study. With today ' s short skirts many girls look much more lady-like and proper in slacks or jeans when seated. Certainly there is nothing more distracting than a girl in a short skirt, even trying to be lady-like, while in a seated position, whether she be in the class or in front of it. It ' s not only distracting to the audience but also to the victim. Most students do some studying out of school. It would be a safe bet they dress in grubs, because they ' re more comfortable. It ' s obvious one studies better when they ' re comfortable. Acceptance is a key word today. It is doubtful that ,many students would be annoyed by others dress. Most people feel out of place in school dressed in anything but the typical school dress. Getting rid of the dress code would not mean they would have to go grubby. It would mean they are free to dress as they choose. Red River has made good on flexible scheduling. Maybe i flexible dress code should be tried too. Teacher Has Schedule Idea Mrs. Olnislead has an idea that could further conl ' use and complicate our scheduling. But her idea has merits that surpass the possible difficulties. Her suggestion is to number each of the five days of the weekly schedule. Instead of having a Thursday schedule, lor example, there would be a day No. 4 schedule. Normally, day No. 1 woidd be Monday, day No. 2 Tuesday, and so on. Ihe advantages of this system come wlien school days are missed. Thanksgiving vacation, when a Thursday, and Friday are missed, is an illustration. Rather than completely miss the large group sessions scheduled for those two days, students would start school the next Monday with the day No. 4 (Thursday) schedule. Day No. 5 would come on a Tuesday that week, with Wednesday the start of a new school week and day No. I. Wednesday would continue as day No. 1 until the schedule is again shifted by a blizzard, a day of curriculum meetings, a holiday or any other possible interruption. Both teachers and students often complain about missing important large groups for an entire week because of losing a day of school. With Mrs. Olmstead ' s proposal, this wouldn ' t happen. Confusion on dates would be the biggest problem with her idea. Every day students would have to be reminded, probably several times, what day is occuring. This could be done in homerooms, both through the announcements and by the teacher. It would also help to have calendar-type signs displayed in prominent places. Mrs. Olmstead ' s system would make flexible scheduling more flexible and might also make it work better. It is definitely an idea to be con sidered for next year. Poll Results Listed The following are the results of the receni dress code opinion poll, taken by the student council last Wednesday: 1. Are you in favor of a dress code here al Red River allowing gjrls to wear slacks? all students answering 87% yes 13% no 92% yes 81% yes girls answering boys answenng 2. If you are in favor of a dress code allowing girls to wear slacks, would you yourself wear slacks ' ' girls answering 94% yes 3. Do you personally object to girls wearing slacks to school? all students answering 90% no of girls answering 5% ' yes boys answering 1 5% yes 4. Would your parents have any objections to girls wearing slacks to school? all students answering 10% yes As a result of the reactions to this poll the student council approved a recommendation for a new dress code. This code can not go into effect until it has gone through proper channels.

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