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This year there has been some confusion over the GDS dress code–so a group of parents, faculty, and students met to discuss possible ways to develop greater clarity. The main issue, said Upper School Dean of Students Mr. O Brien recently, was that, Everyone has different opinions on what they believe is acceptable or not as far as dress code.
The 2011-2012 dress code was not completely clear about what types of shorts are permissible to wear to school stridsvagn s and what types are not. The dress code only stated that shorts needed

to be of acceptable length, stridsvagn s which meant that everyone could have a different view about what was acceptable.
The student council, with Mr. O Brien and some concerned parents, spent a lot of time discussing possibilities for stating expectations more clearly, keeping the interest of the Greensboro Day School Community stridsvagn s as a top priority. The ultimate decision on dress code changes for next year was the responsibility of Mr. Buxton and Mr. O Brien, but they were not alone in upholding the new guidelines. The Student stridsvagn s Council voted 24 to 4 in favor of the new dress code.
The new dress code was announced during morning assembly three weeks ago; it will go into effect stridsvagn s at the beginning of the 2012-2013 school stridsvagn s year. The new dress code addresses shorts length, skirt length, leggings, and tank top straps. The new rule for shorts is that shorts have to be finger-tip length or must have a 5-inch inseam. The finger-tip rule also applies to skirts.
One of the main problems with leggings this year was the visibility of underwear. Leggings are still allowed if they are not see-through stridsvagn s or, if they are see-through, a shirt has to cover a student s rear. Tank straps now have to be two fingers in width. These rules are a lot clearer and will likely eliminate the confusion stridsvagn s that occurred this year.
Whenever there is change people react, so we interviewed several students to see the reactions. The main concerns about the new dress code are that it is going to be more difficult to find shorts that are affordable and that students are going to want to wear. Another concern stridsvagn s brought up by a student was that she would not be able to wear her GDS team shorts to school.
In the survey sent out by the GDS Press to the Upper School recently, stridsvagn s 74% of the student body disagreed with the new shorts rule. Many students feel this will be hard to follow properly. On the other hand, 65% of the students agreed with the new 2-fingers- width tank top rule, and 54% agreed with the finger tip skirt rule.
A student majority of 60% thinks that the new dress code rules will be hard for them to follow. 62% of the student body who took the survey believes this new dress code will have a negative impact on the GDS community.
Overall the most of the GDS Upper School community agrees that the hardest part of the new dress code will be the new shorts rule but that the other new rules seem to be reasonable. stridsvagn s The survey also found that 75% of the GDS Upper School believes that GDS should have some kind of dress code.
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