FWIW, the Oktibehha County School District is considering allowing students the ability to not wear uniforms on Fridays if they score high enough on tests as a reward.
From the Dispatch:
The board said the proposed incentive plan would allow students who score as proficient on the state tests in the spring to wear non-uniform but appropriate school clothes every other Friday during the coming school year. Those who score advanced on the state tests would be allowed out of uniform every Friday.
“If telling a kid you can wear whatever you want within reason if you score proficient or beyond — and we’re all about test scores — if that gets them to do it, then I have no problem with it,” Superintendent James Covington said.
He suggested the incentive could be tried for a time to see if it works.
“That alone is not going to do it,” Covington said, explaining that this incentive would not improve test scores but reward performance. “Give it a shot. If it doesn’t work or gets out of hand, we know how to get it back.”
At one point in the discussion, he also commented on the status of uniform use in the district.
“They’re not in uniform now,” Covington said of students.
He said while navy blue pants are a fairly standard color, there is wide range in the colors that can be considered khaki. Also, many shirts that started off white when school began started to turn yellow after being worn by kids.
One district sees uniforms as a quasi-punishment. The Starkville District sees it a completely different way.
Interesting.
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