Elementary (K-5) Guide to Good Grooming
The dress and grooming of Frisco Independent School District students are expected to be in keeping with accepted community standards. The student and parent may determine the student’s personal dress and grooming standards, provided they comply with the general guidelines set out below and with the student dress code outlined in this handbook.

The district’s dress code is established to teach hygiene, instill discipline, prevent disruption, and avoid safety hazards. Students shall come to school looking clean, neat, and exhibiting grooming that will not be a health or safety hazard to the student or others. The district prohibits pictures, emblems, or writings on materials or clothing that are lewd, offensive, vulgar, immodest, or promote or refer to alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance prohibited under policy FNCF (1). Shirts or other clothing items depicting or promoting acts of violence, guns, weapons, death, dismemberment, disfigurement, or other offensive items are specifically prohibited.

The district also prohibits any clothing or grooming that in the principal’s judgment may reasonably be expected to cause disruption of or interference with normal operations.

Since research indicates that student dress helps set the pattern for classroom behavior, we do expect you to look neat. Guidelines have been developed to aid you and your parents to select the proper attire for school wear.

We ask that you follow these guidelines:

• Shoes must be worn at all times.
• Shorts of appropriate length may be worn.
• Inappropriate or revealing clothing will not be permitted and is subject to building administration discretion.
• Clothing items with provocative, offensive, violent, drug-related or gang-related pictures or slogans will not be permitted.
• Items advertising alcoholic beverages or tobacco products will not be permitted.
• All students are expected to meet standard and school policies with regard to health, cleanliness and appearance.
• No sagging pants or shorts will be permitted.
• No gang paraphernalia.
• No caps, hats, head rags, bandanas, or other headwear are permitted.
• No shoes with wheels.
• Students may not wear colored hair paint or colored gel to school at any time.
• Tennis shoes must be worn in physical education class.

For safety reasons, we discourage students from wearing flip-flops; these types of shoes are a hazard on the playground during recess.

Secondary Dress Code (Grade 6-12)

FISD High School Dress Code

The dress and grooming standards of the Frisco Independent School District are meant to promote a positive, professional learning environment where the focus is on instruction and not on clothing. Clothing, hairstyles, and accessories should not be disruptive, immodest or compromise student safety.

Students shall come to school looking clean, neat, and ready to learn. The district prohibits pictures, emblems, or writings on materials or clothing that are lewd, offensive, vulgar, immodest, or promote or refer to alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other substance prohibited under policy FNCF (1). The district also prohibits any clothing or grooming that in the principal’s judgment may reasonably be expected to cause disruption of or interference with normal operations. Shirts or other clothing items depicting or promoting acts of violence, guns, weapons, death, dismemberment, disfigurement, gang activity or affiliation or other offensive items or wording are specifically prohibited.

The following statements serve as guidelines so that there is no question of what is acceptable.

• “Sagging pants” are not allowed. Jeans, slacks, shorts, and all other pants must be worn at or about the waist at all times. Even if a shirt is extremely long, the pants must be worn at the waist. Undergarments should not be visible at any time.
• Inappropriate exercise clothing will not be allowed without an appropriate covering garment.
• Pants and other articles of clothing that are torn, ragged, frayed, or pants with holes are not permitted.
• Sunglasses, caps, hats, bandanas, and other headwear are not to be brought into the building.
• Hairstyles or unnatural hair colors that, in the judgment of the school principal, cause a disruption of the educational environment are not allowed.
• Clothing should be worn for the purpose for which it was designed. No undergarments or pajamas are to be worn as outerwear.
• Shoes must be worn; house shoes are not permitted.
• Earrings are permissible.  All other visible body-piercing jewelry or ornaments are prohibited.
• Reasonable standards of modesty must be met.

Boys:

• Shirts with sleeves must be worn at all times.
• Shorts that extend to or below the students’ fingertips when their arms are held to their sides are acceptable.

Girls:

• Sleeveless tops with a minimum width of two-inch wide straps are acceptable. The shirt straps must be wide enough to cover undergarments.
• See-through, bare midriff, halter type, shoulder baring, or spaghetti strap blouses or any revealing or low cut clothing is not permitted. Shirt hems should extend well below the waist of pants/shorts/skirts whether in a sitting or standing position.
• Dresses, skirts, and shorts must extend to or below the student’s fingertips when their arms are held to their sides.

Students in violation of the student dress and grooming code will be expected to change to appropriate attire (provided by the school) when violations are brought to their attention. Students will not be allowed to leave campus for the purpose of changing clothes. Students who fail to meet this requirement of compliance with the Dress and Grooming Code may spend the remainder of the day in In-School Suspension.

Students who persistently violate the dress code may be held to a higher dress standard. Students are expected to be in compliance with the dress code at any school-related event or activity; school officials have the authority to ask them to leave if they are inappropriately dressed.

Note:  The principal, in connection with the sponsor, coach, or other person in charge of an extracurricular activity, may regulate the dress and grooming of students who participate in the activity and may impose higher standards.