It's about time! I also think all schools should have uniforms! The competition is way out of hand. Also for girls makeup should not be allowed. I see these 5th 6th and 7th grade girls looking and dressing like they are 20 something. Why do the parents want their kids to grow up so fast? Let them be kids.

Yes, absolutely. I'm actually surprised this isn't already in place. My son goes to Lake Denoon and according to their documentation I just received this dress code is already in place. I wouldn't go as far as uniforms though.

It's about time. Especially at the High School. But I would hope that more parents would take the responsibilty to look at their kids before they walk out the door for school to make sure they are dressed appropriatly.

Uniforms are the answer! Kids would resist initially but after awhile would be glad they didn't have to compete to be cool. One of my kids once told me they were glad that I was strict and they could just say, "My dad won't let me." Why are we afraid to be parents? Kids have many friends their own age and they WANT to have real parents!

They should also ban the jeans that are 4 sizes too big for them. They have to hold them up when they walk or they whould fall right off. They look like they have to go to the bathroom and are holding it. Do they have mirrors in their homes? I don't know who ever told them this looked good or was cool but it just makes them look ridiculous. Pull your pants up and put on a belt bacause nobody wants to see your dirty underwear.

It's about time there is accountability for the way the "children" dress!! With hormones raging it is best to keep modesty in check! By the way, why is it the girls wear such short bottoms and revealing tops? Parents have dropped the ball big time!Teach your kids to care about the way they dress!!

I hardheartedly agree! What I personally have seen in several school systems through the recent years has brought concern and sometimes disgust to mind. In many case the parents may not even know what the kids are wearing in other cases they approve. Prevent the distraction, prevent the unwanted advances and move toward uniforms or very strict dress codes for students and teachers alike!

It starts at home!!! Parents are too accepting of their children's attire. Why should it be up to schools to teach our kids their morals? It has to hard enough just to teach today's enabled children what they need to know to survive in today's competitive job market, let alone watching for issues in the way they dress.

I hardheartedly agree! What I personally have seen in several school systems through the recent years has brought concern and sometimes disgust to mind. In many case the parents may not even know what the kids are wearing in other cases they approve. Prevent the distraction, prevent the unwanted advances and move toward uniforms or very strict dress codes for students and teachers alike!

I think the kids should be able to wear what they feel comfortable in.

I think reasonable (but not military school) dress codes are a great idea. I took one of my children for his Sophomore year signup at Northwest High School here in Jefferson County, Missouri, and in line behind us was a Junior/Senior young lady wearing Daisy Duke shorts and midriff showing, full makeup --- accompanied by her mother.... I mean, get a grip!!!! Think about what your children's clothes say about them!

All schools should follow suit. It's ridiculous what these kids walk around looking like these days.

It's about time. If we would just use common sense in trying to develop our children, perhaps decisions like these wouldn't have to be newsworthy.

great!

I don't think this is necessary. Everywhere you go, especially in summer, you see girls and women of all ages wearing tank tops that may or may not show some cleavage. Even in professional settings you will see cleavage sometimes. It's not really a big deal. As soon as the students leave the campus area they will walk out of school and see the way the rest of society dresses these days. This is just a temporary shelter from reality. These rules are written by old people who spend too much time worrying about trivial matters because they are either bored with their lives or because they are stuck in a different era, I'm not sure which.

I think the host of this website should allow reader posts to be seen. If they have to go through some delayed approval process, posts don't show up until the news cycle passes, and then you leave the impression that the whole comminity is full of wing nuts that think school uniforms are an essential part of learning.

Here's what I think. Elementary School kids should be able to wear whatever clothing their parents deems appropriate after that, in the Middle School-High School years kids should have a strict dress code similar to that of employers, while not going as far as school uniforms, I think a dress code consisting of White shirt and Khakis or black pants. No shorts, no flip flops, no bed room slippers. School is preparing kids to enter adulthood and that means entering the workforce. 99% of jobs require some sort of dress code and middle school and especially high school should get these kids use to the idea that they have to dress appropriately.

How soon people forget. In 1968 the US Supreme against the dress codes in public schools that were in force. The probrem with this code is who is going to determine what is sexually offensive. Everyone has there own views on what is sexually offensive.

It truly is about time that this is going on. In what profession can you wear pajamas to work??? With the way that parents have let kids "express" them selves is absolutly sad. ACCOUNTABLE should be what is tought and not let them just do what they want. With the way that kids are dressing, what is that teaching them? Midriff tops, pajama bottoms, slippers, pants falling off - guess what kids, you CANNOT WEAR THAT STUFF TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bless them. May it be contagious. I am tired of seeing young girls looking as if they are about to set up shop on Wisconsin Avenue. On Friday, I saw 3 middle school aged girls ,shopping in a department store , wearing pajamas and slippers. To compound the felony, they were with their mother. I see young boy in baggy shorts that barely cover their lower ,private extremities. I cannot imagine ever having allowed my 2 sons and 2 daughters out of the house in such a state of undress. Nor can I imaginine my daughter allowing her two young sons to leave the house looking like unmade beds. Please, oh please, bring back good taste. That does not require money, just good sense. The schools might bring back uniforms, a great leveler though generally not high on the kids lists, but it is up to parents to set the norm. Start early

It is an EMBARRASSMENT to be seen with these sloppy looking youth (I refer to them as Garbage Pail Kids or Dirty Babies!). I'm a 30-something and try to keep up with the fashions - reasonable in price and aesthetically pleasing. I have found that many youth and young adults I have worked with (as interns) have a careless and disrespectful attitude for others - but that attitude begins with themselves. I suppose if you don't care if you look ridiculously pitiful when you leave your home wearing your foam front-mesh back hat to the side (what's with the ears being flapped down under the hats now? The new look of Dopey the Dwarf???), pants drooping down to your knees, bra-straps showing while wearing a tube top, and leather/lambswool slippers (OOoohhh that's so GQ so Vogue) than why would you care about anything or anyone else?

Parents should be more involved with what their kids wear to school at every age, the government shouldn't have to step in to do your job.

About time!!!!

I completely agree, as the father of 4, harmone CHARGED, teenage boys. Iits hard enough to keep their attention on school work without being distracted by underdress girls. If you disagree you probally like the eye candy and or don't have daughters, this dress would be OK for you until your daughter came home molested or worse. Just cause they see it on TV does not make it right for the class room.

Slippers in Muskego, that is because most in Muskego don't have shoes. Let them live a little, not like they are going on to college anyway.

It's about time!!!! I think they should take it one step further and require uniforms. Requiring uniforms would eliminante the gray area. This would also allow the teachers and adminstrationto teach and not perform the jobs the parents are supposed to be doing. Good Job Muskego!

I am happy to see more dress codes like this in place at schools. This code is no differnt than the dress codes at almost every workplace - including mine. The parents obviously didn't do a good job with what they allowed their children to wear, so the government needs to do something. If a child is allowed to wear what they feel the most comfortable in then some would come virtually naked!

What's wrong with having rules? Back in the day we didn't have "alternative" schools and your parents were responsible for getting you to the school in your neighborhood. you had respect for school officials and did what you were supposed to do so you could graduate. The Jammies in school is just the tip of the iceberg - we need to return to more rules and more parental responsibility.

Let the kids where whatever they want. If the kids have their own money to buy their own clothing they are entitled to wear it. If the parents are buying it don't buy what you don't want them to wear. Just more typical parents of this generation. Lazy, waiting for an institution of governing body to tell them what to do instead of taking some personal initiative and standing up to their own kids. How hard is it to tell your kid, NO. Instead of buying your children's respect maybe they should earn it. There's a wild thought. Be parents not puppets.

I think it islong overdue, since parents dont CARE to speak to their child on what type of perception their clothes are conveying and the consequences of their "DRESS" attire then the school district needs to intervene. I congratulate the district for having the nerve to protect the attitudes, safety of our child becoming adults.

About time? Uniforms? Hormone crazed kids running amok? Folks -- calm down. The first paragraph of the article says this: "The update aims to put into policy what is already done in practice, Assistant Superintendent Kelly Thompson said." MHS kids can't get away with this stuff now. They're just updating the paperwork to reflect current practice. This isn't really newsworthy stuff, and certainly not worth getting worked up about.

The way these kids dress these days, they look dirty, as if they hardly ever take a bath or put a brush to their hair. I asked one teenager why he like to wear his jeans practically down to his knees and he said "because I look cool and the girls like it" Sorry, but no one thinks it's cool. It looks nasty! And yes he was wearing a belt!

Yes. Let's make kids wear uniforms and become drones. Self-expression is completely unnecessary and down right scary. I mean, really. If kids are walking around wearing slippers, pretty soon they are going to be strapping rifles to their backs. Get real people. Yes, I agree that there should be a certain amount of tact when it comes to choosing one's outfit for school, but for all of you who talk about "learning to dress for the real world" you must forget that these kids have 4 years of college left. I just graduated college, and people wore whatever they wanted to class. That included sexually explicit shirts, alcohol and drug related paraphanalia, and revealing clothing. If you think making kids wear khakis and polos is going to do them any sort of justice when it comes to experiencing the "real world" you need to take a step back into reality yourself.

wow. you parents need to get a life, and except the fact that your "babies" are growing up. You claim that you are trying to get us ready for work because most jobs have dress codes, well when that time comes dont worry i think we can manage to dress ourselves. We dress comfortable ( sweat pants, slippers etc.) because school sucks and the desks are not comfortable, it is easier to pay attention. Self expression is the key to success in my mind. It helps us grow up to be independent and clear thinking adults. I find it very offensive reading what some of you parents are writing.And i bet all of you people never wore what your parents wanted, and if you did, thats probably the reason why your on this webiste complaining about self expression. you have no independence. I agree there are some students dressing way out of control but its most likely just a fase. I find it horrible that people these days are judjing us by the way we dress, just cause we wear our mini skirts, or our slippers, or our pants down low does NOT mean that we are stupid, arent going to get jobs in the future, or arent going to be well respected people. That boy you see with his pants down past his ass now could be the man that saves your kids life from a fire in the near future. Or that girl you see in her mini skirt could be the women that discovers a cure for cancer and saves millions of lives. Understand that what you see on the outside is not what is on the inside. Let us live, Let us learn, Let us experience life, even if that means we wear slippers while doing it.

To everyone reading this forum, please refer to response from Mark from Muskego’s dated August 17th. This is just an update to WHAT IS IN PRACTICE already. Each school in the Muskego-Norway School District has followed this policy that has been in place for quite a number of years. I am a 20 year resident of Muskego, and have been an active member of PTO from elementary and middle school for the past 10 years. From my experiences, I have never seen clothing that was inappropriate or offensive; and if there had been, it was dealt with by including the parents. Therefore the low incident rate of this being an actual problem at our schools is quite low because of due diligence of our administrators, staff and parental involvement. In regards to graduation? Muskego High School leads Waukesha county with a graduation rate of 98.3%. In addition, 85% of students on average attend post-secondary institutions throughout the United States upon graduation.”

OK...so maybe I don't have kids and back in the dark ages my junior high school had to fight for the right for girls to be able to wear "dress slacks", but some of the stuff I see kids wearing these days is embarrassing! So they want to be comfortable...next thing you know they'll be coming to school with just a towel wrapped around them fresh from the shower 'cause it's comfortable. I wore a uniform in high school and suffered no ill effects from it. Not saying that uniforms should be required, but having a dress code policy is perfectly acceptable. After all, many work places have dress code policies and kids today might be shocked to find out in the real world they can't wear slippers to work!

I am currently going back to Muskego High School, and I am 19. first off, the parents need to stop letting their daughters dress up like prostitots for school, and for the sons of MHS parents, teach them that the whole reason that wearing pants 4-5 sizes too large started off in jails and prison just like the term "don't drop the soap", except the baggy pants was an open invitation.

The kids have gotta learn some respect, and deal with change. We you apply for a job you can't look like a hoochie or a slob. So why would it be acceptable when you are at school learning the skills that will hopefully land you a job.

I believe that everything from proper attire to respect of teachers to timeliness and manners falls on parents-not teachers or school administration! If all the Mommies and Daddies would clamp down on "Jason" and "Ashley," not provide them with improper attire, cell phones for texting, etc. and make them understand they need to work to earn what they desire, society would be in a far better position. Too many parents are too concerned with their childrens' feelings, i.e., the "everyone is a winner" attitude and do not teach real facts...sometimes you fail, but you pick yourself up and try again. Stop enabling today's kids!!!

what the heck took so long to do this? it should never be acceptable to come to school or work in this attire! the parents letting them do this are the first ones who need a kick in the pants!!! all schools should have uniforms, there sure would be alot less per pressure and teasing going on when you can't tease someone who has to dress just like you and not in tommy hilfigers pants!

I am glad Muskego is enforcing this dress code. I cannot believe the tight, very low cut shirts these young ladies are wearing and most if front of their parents. And I agree no make up for middle school, or less at least. Most of these girls are made up for a magazine spread and not school. As for the P.J.'s I'm okay with that, but slippers-no way. Why let these kids grow up so quick, whats the rush? But then again that gets me onto the "other" subject of why teach Sex Ed to these kids in 4th grade..........no wonder why they start dressing the way they do. Shame on the school system for that.

I think it absolutley appropriate to have these kids dress right for school and just leaving the house. I am tired of seeing teens in particular, indecently and/or imodestly dressed. They need to realize that like it or not they are judged by others and it usually isn't good. It is assumed that they don't have good character or attitude....important skills in the real world.

Really..... Whatever happened to common sense in the first place?? Where in the world are these parents? Are these parents buying the makeup and clothes??? How about teaching self respect and that first impressions really do matter.

Really..... Whatever happened to common sense in the first place?? Where in the world are these parents? Are these parents buying the makeup and clothes??? How about teaching self respect and that first impressions really do matter.

I agree that the attire that SOME of the kids wear to school is not appropriate for school. Yes, kids need a form of self-expression and individualism so with that said, I don't feel the need for uniforms. They would also incur a cost that some parents just can't afford. If you want your kids to wear a uniform, send them to a private school. In school, there should be a dress code, yes. Parents aren't always there in the morning to see what the kids are putting on for school but they do need to discuss what is appropriate or not (and why) with their kids. Dress code=yes.....uniforms=no.