Uniforms In Public Schools

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will allow students to develop their individuality and creativity. President Clinton also supports this view, “Young people will learn to evaluate themselves by what they are on the inside instead of what they’re wearing on the outside” (Discount Store News).
Wearing uniforms will produce a sense of belonging that the students will share.
School uniforms are certainly very cost and time efficient for parents. Many department stores, such as Sears and K-Mart, work with the schools to provide the uniforms and to offer discounts.

At Long Beach Unified School system in California, where the uniform movement initially began, the average cost of a uniform is twenty-five dollars. (Michael Abbott Jr.2)

Also, in George Washington Carver Elementary School, Kansas City, Missouri all students received uniforms at no cost. (Manual on School Uniforms). In other schools throughout the country free uniforms are offered to students who cannot afford them. Whereas one typical teenager ...

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