FILE:  GAMB

 

EMPLOYEE DRESS CODE

 

 

The Vermilion Parish School Board recognizes that teachers and administrators have traditionally upheld high standards of professionalism, including that of appropriate, professional attire.  In accordance with that tradition, the Vermilion Parish School Board embraces the following standards as they relate to employee dress.

 

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.  Building administrators shall be authorized to use their discretion in determining extremes in styles of dress and grooming and what is appropriate and suitable for Vermilion Parish School Board employees.  No employees shall wear, possess, use, distribute, display, or sell any clothing, jewelry, emblem, blade, symbols, sign, or other things which are affiliated with drugs, alcohol, violence, or gang-related activities.  Policies regarding dress and grooming stress the importance of reducing distractions that inhibit learning and are addressed in an attempt to enhance the learning environment.

 

The School Board shall not discriminate against an employee on the basis of a natural, protective or cultural hairstyle.  Natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle shall include, but is not limited to, afros, dreadlocks, twists, locs, braids, cornrow braids, Bantu knots, curls, and hair styled to protect hair texture or for cultural significance.

 

EMPLOYEE DRESS CODE

 

The guidelines of the School Board shall be that no mode of attire will be considered proper for school wear that distracts from or disrupts classroom and school decorum.  To maintain a proper image for teachers, it is the responsibility of principals to see that teachers are properly dressed.

 

Principals or building administrators may make exceptions to the mode of dress in specific shop-type situations where deemed appropriate.  Any condition of grooming or dress judged inappropriate by the principal or building administrator shall not be allowed.

 

Guidelines

 

The provisions of the employee dress code are applicable to teachers, administrators, substitute teachers, student teachers, teacher aides, and any others who have responsibilities for the instruction of children, as well as to clerical personnel at any school, the Central Office and any other off-campus facility.

 

The following attire is considered inappropriate:

 

  1. Shorts -- provided however, school administrators will meet with teachers of physical education, industrial arts and vocational agriculture to determine the appropriate dress for their teaching activities.

  2. Hats, caps in the building

  3. Muscle/tank shirts

  4. Jeans, except for designated spirit days. Spirit days may not be designated more than once per week; and the jeans must be worn with school shirt or colors.

 

Adopted:  December 17, 2015

Revised:  October 20, 2022

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 23:332

Board minutes, 11-19-92, 7-23-03, 12-17-15, 10-20-22

 

Vermilion Parish School Board