I'm glad to get the feedback on this. Our motivational speaker today was a female from Atlanta. She was wearing her "uniform," a crisp blazer and shirt with matching pants. Also in the film she showed of their expemplary school...The Ron Clark Academy, all the lower income students were wearing their uniforms.
I forgot to add that along with the promiscuous clothing the females wear, we DO have the baggy pants and t-shirts with inappropriate and often disrespectful slogans. There are also always a few hanger-on Goths who wear the black stuff along with all the piercings.
Hey, I've always been liberal, but I do think that leveling the playing field in the mode of dress would be more conducive to education.
Patty