The primary purpose for student dress and grooming standards is to foster an educational environment that is both safe and free from disruption. The following standards conform to the District wide dress and grooming standards as well to the specific standards set forth by students, teachers, administrators, and parents at Tesoro High School. Students out of compliance with the standards below, on the first offense, will be detained in the Center for Special Instruction (CSI) until a change of clothing can be arranged. A “loaner” garment will be offered. On subsequent offenses, parents will be contacted to provide a change of clothing. Students will be kept in CSI until the parent can provide a change of clothing.  A student may be kept in CSI for the remainder of the school day and/or put on a behavior contract. Excessive violations of the below standards may result in a school transfer. A student is in violation of the following standard when an adult staff member (e.g., campus supervisor, administrator, teacher, etc.) sees the student violating the standard. The offense, and subsequent consequence, does not change because a student is able to alter his/her clothing after they have been confronted. In order to protect the general student body and maintain the integrity of the educational environment, the school reserves the right to make necessary additions to the standards listed below without notice.

Students are prohibited from wearing the following:

I. Any clothing apparel which is considered unsafe, dangerous, or is a health hazard. Including but not limited to:

            Dangerous jewelry, including spiked or dangerous collars (chains, ball bearings, etc.)

            Excessively baggy, frayed, or torn clothing

            Safety pins or sharp objects in clothes or pierced in skin

            Bare feet or rubber thongs

            Clothing which is ripped or torn excessively

II.  Any attire or grooming disruptive to the instructional process that may include but is not limited to:

            Contains offensive, illegal, violent, obscene symbols, signs, slogans, or words degrading any

gender, culture, religion, ethnicity, race, or anything that may incite a negative response or conflict including references to sex, drugs, alcohol, or tobacco

            Bare midriffs or clothing which exposes the student’s midsection

            Sheer/see-though blouses, dresses, tops, or skirts

            Halter tops, “tube” tops, or tank tops that are excessively revealing, reveal undergarments, or have scoop or deep sides 

            Tops/dresses with spaghetti straps

            Excessively short shorts or immodest shorts or skirts

            Tight or revealing clothing (especially ones with no undergarments)

            Clothing which allows underwear to be exposed or resembles undergarments (i.e., slips, boxers)

            Hair styles or hair coloring that is disruptive or has letters, messages or unusual designs/symbols shaved into the hair

Pajamas (tops or bottoms) and bedroom slippers are not to be worn on campus

            Trench/cluster coats are not allowed

III. Gang-related apparel which may include, but is not limited to:

            Hats, beanies, hooded sweatshirts (worn with hood on) or headgear during the school day (This includes headgear worn as part of an athletic team or co-curricular activity during the school day.)

            Chains, wallet chains, hair nets, monikers or other gang markings, bandanas which signify gang membership, jewelry with gang symbols,  gang related overalls, or trench coats

            Web, untied, or dangling belts, especially long belts with monikered belt buckles

            Combat type boots (with more than 8 eyelets) and/or steel toes

IV.  Any style or combination of clothing, which law enforcement agencies currently consider gang related. Students who dress alike intentionally, and the dress is not related to school activities, are disruptive to the school environment. Examples include but are not limited to:

            Boots with flight jacket, khakis worn with Pendleton-type shirts, creased white shirts, “wife-beater” tank tops under white over shirt, white shirt with long shorts and pulled up white socks so as not to expose skin on legs, Nazi/confederate symbols, patches, or red shoelaces, plain white shirt with Dickey brand name pants, webbed belt, and spiked hair, any combination of “straight edge” markings “X,”  sports wear, coats, jackets,  jerseys, etc...that are worn with the intent of associating with gangs and are identified as such by law enforcement

V. Baggy Pants:

            All pants must:

            Be capable of staying up around the waist without a belt

            Be unaltered at the waist, worn at or above the hips and over all undergarments

            Not be excessively baggy

            Have a crotch that does not hang excessively low

            Have excess material at the foot and/or drags

            These baggy pants guidelines also apply to sweat pants or warm-ups