Every word within this post is stated with all due respect.

I do see the value in having a uniform, I do see the financial benefits to the parents or whomever is purchasing the "extremely faddish trendy clothing that teens just have got to have", and I do see where many of you are coming from. Please remember, however, that in the vast majority of schools, children and teens ARE NOT simply running around wearing say, a thong and lace undergarments. The few that people that choose to expose themselves like that are the exception After countless threads of "teen-bashing", I just feel like i have to interject. We're not all that bad. I think there might be some sort of geographic trend with such inappropriate clothing-my school, and most schools in my district, have no such issues with kids running around with next-to no clothing on. I believe that there is an attainable middle ground, allowing both the student to have some say in their choice of attire, while remaining "modest". But after all, what really defines "modest"? Others utopian desires of clean, lifeless, and sterile clothing? There is middle ground. Finding it is just a matter of BOTH sides willing to make some compromises, and of course, a half-way decent GPS system. =]