FILE:  GAMB

 

EMPLOYEE DRESS CODE

 

 

DRESS AND PERSONAL GROOMING

 

Employees on a daily basis shall dress as professionals, in businesslike attire in order to set a good example for co-­employees, students and the general public.  Employee dress and grooming shall not detract from the learning/educational environment of students' participation in classes, school programs or other school-related activities.  Extremes in style and fit in employee dress and extremes in style of grooming shall not be permitted.  Administrators shall be authorized to use their discretion in determining extremes in styles of dress and grooming and what is appropriate and suitable for Zachary Community School Board employees.  No employee shall wear, possess, use, distribute, display or sell any clothing, jewelry, emblem, blade, symbols, sign or other things which are evidence of affiliation with drugs, alcohol, violence or gang related activities. 

 

EMPLOYEE DRESS CODE

 

The guidelines of the School Board shall be that no mode of attire shall be considered proper for school wear that distracts from or disrupts classroom and school decorum.  Principals and other administrative supervisors shall be delegated the authority and bear the responsibility for ensuring compliance with this the provisions of this policy and shall be expected to counsel and/or discipline employees they supervise on professional appearance in conformance with this policy. Any employee whose attire or dress is not professional in the opinion of the principal/supervisor shall be informed and directed to conform to policy.  An employee who is inappropriately dressed in the opinion of the principal/supervisor, may be sent home and required to return to work in acceptable attire.  The employee shall not be paid for time away from work.  Any employee who disregards the provisions of the School Board’s employee dress code policy shall be subject to disciplinary action.

 

  1. Employees shall dress in professional/business attire.

  2. Clothing shall fit appropriately and all undergarments shall be concealed.

  3. Shirts/blouses shall be sized appropriately.

  4. Clothing that is revealing, skintight, or see-through shall not be worn.

  5. Dresses and skirts shall be of appropriate length (no shorter than two (2) inches above the knee). 

  6. Halter tops, spaghetti straps and strapless tops shall not be allowed unless worn under another blouse, shirt, jacket, or sweater. (This includes dresses that possess this type of top as well.)

  7. Employees shall wear professionally appropriate footwear.  No flip flops of any kind (defined as backless shoe with a strap between the toes) and no rubber crocs.

  8. Shorts shall not be worn.

 

    1. Exceptions:  Coaches and physical education employees may wear loose fitting, appropriately sized shorts of an appropriate length during the physical education instructional periods.

    2. Coaches and physical education employees shall wear outer pants or warm-ups in the instructional setting.

 

  1. Only coaches and physical education employees may be allowed to wear athletic attire and warm-ups of any type.

  2. No jeans of any color shall be acceptable.

 

    1. Spirit days may be designated by the principal.

    2. No skinny jeans, jeggings, low-rise jeans nor jeans of any type with excessive embellishment.

 

  1. Facial hair shall be kept neat and clean.

  2. All employees shall maintain well-groomed hair styles/cuts.  Hats shall not to be worn inside.

  3. No visible body piercings other than earrings shall be acceptable.  Earrings on males shall not be accepted. 

  4. Permanent or temporary body art (tattoos) shall be hidden or covered by clothing and should not be visible.

  5. Appropriate dress shall also be expected of cafeteria, maintenance, and transportation personnel and may include uniforms or other apparel approved by their principal or supervisor.  Vocational teachers shall wear Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approved clothing when teaching Career and Technical Education classes, if applicable.  Scrubs may be worn by the medical/nursing and child nutrition staff only.

 

Revised:  July 25, 2013

 

 

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:81

Board minutes, 7-25-13

 

Zachary Community School Board