Recently, school uniforms have been on the rise. More schools are requiring their students to wear uniforms, but Kelly Lane, like the majority of schools, allows its students to wear whatever they’d like.
With the increase of school uniforms and recent passing of a bill allowing schools in Texas to adopt school uniforms, the chances of more school uniforms popping up is likely. Even still, KLMS/PfISD probably won’t adopt school uniforms.
“I’ve never had to wear a uniform for school, but I have had to wear specific attire for certain events,” eighth grader Logan Johst said. “I would honestly really hate that because they are requiring us to wear specific clothes that not everyone can afford.”
The topic of whether or not families should buy uniforms or schools should provide them is a controversial one. Many people believe that schools should provide uniforms for students because not everyone can afford to buy uniforms. On the other hand, many schools have upwards of one hundred students, and each uniform is roughly $100; that’s upwards of $10000 spent on uniforms alone.
“I think uniforms should definitely be provided by the school because if they were going to do that, then they shouldn’t make families buy their children’s uniforms,” eighth grader Riley Rios said
While the majority of students agree that uniforms should be provided by the school, eighth grade math teacher, volleyball, and track coach Jesus Galvan has a different opinion.
“I think school uniforms should be bought by the families,” Galvan said .“Unless, of course theres something circumstantial where their unable too.”
While not totally on the opposite end, Galvan still has a different perspective than many. The average school in America has 526 students. As stated earlier, the average cost of a uniform is roughly $100. That’s roughly $52600. Another concern would be how the uniforms look.
“I would hate to wear a uniform,” eighth grader Maxine Mckenzie said. “I would hate it because uniforms are usally ugly.”
Mckenzie is not alone in this opinion. Many students were also concerned with what would happen to their non-uniform clothing.
“My whole style would totally change,” sixth grader Cameron Ramos said. “It’d look goofy, and everyone would be so plain and basic.”
Along with Mckenzie and Ramos, many other students would be upset at the prospect of being unable to have a say in what they wear.
“I would feel bad because I like being able to wear whatever clothing I want,” sixth grader Alex Acosta said. “I like wearing clothing that supports the teams I like.”
