<p>I know a lot of private schools obviously require uniforms, but can a public school system legally force students to wear uniforms?</p>
<p>Yes. </p>
<p>Example: Oxford High School in Cypress CA</p>
<p>Wow I didn’t know that. There was a rumor that our school district will require uniforms but I’m sure everyone in our high school will riot and go crazy.</p>
<p>Example: White Station High School in Memphis, TN.</p>
<p>Yes.
Lew Wallace Science Technology Engineering and Math Academy in Gary, Indiana</p>
<p>It sounds private school-ish but it’s actually public.</p>
<p>Yeah. My school is public but we have to wear uniforms.</p>
<p>I think alot of public schools have a dress policy and sometimes they call it a uniform, but they basically dont want the girls to wear really short skirts and they dont want the guys to wear really baggie pants. Thats how it is at my school. Its kind of funny when you think about how fashions change. Like back in the 80s everyone wore really tight clothes and in the 70s everyone was a hippy and they wore bell botoms. They are really funny to see . I bet in the 70s you were cooler if you had bigger bells. Im going to get a pair of bell botoms and wear them to school for fun! I forgot. They also wont let us wear sneakers. I guess they just want everyone to look nice. I think they just have rules like that mainly so they can</p>
<p>opps. i messed. up. continued…I think they just have dress rules so the teachers and principals can be picky and give them a reason to be picky.</p>
<p>Yes they can, no law against it.</p>
<p>Yes they can, unfortunately. It’s stupid and an infringement on the freedom of expression. There needs to be a law against this. Has the ACLU said anything about this?</p>
<p>All the public and private schools in my city have uniforms, so students from 5 year olds to 18 year olds have uniforms. Unless they go to those non-traditional type schools.</p>
<p>Yup. Because when you’re in school you don’t actually have constitutional rights. Well, not all of them 
K-12 schools can get away with curtailing freedom of expression way more than almost any other institution can. I think colleges are more restricted, but not sure.</p>
<p>It seems like most of the Constitutional rights given to adults have been taken away for those under 18.</p>
<p>Oh well. That’s life, I guess.</p>
<p>Yeah, by attending school, you waive a few of your Constitutional Rights. I thought that was like basic Civics.</p>
<p>More like most of your constitutional rights. You basically only get to keep the unalienables.</p>