{"id":4232,"date":"2026-07-24T22:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/mhs\/?page_id=4232"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:07:05","slug":"dress-code","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richland.k12.la.us\/mhs\/index.php\/dress-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Dress Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Due to the changing nature of trends in fashion and grooming, guidance given below is not inclusive of all possible violations. Building level administration is authorized to make the final determination as to student compliance pertaining to dress and grooming guidance listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Shorts, skirts, and dresses may be worn in all grades and must reach at least two inches above the knee when worn at the proper waistline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Overalls shall be worn with all straps fastened over the shoulder and buttoned completely on all sides. Some type of shirt will be worn under overalls.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">All skirts and pants shall fit at the normal waistline. Oversize clothing shall not be permitted; neither shall extremely tight clothing be permitted, as determined by the principal or his\/her designee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Pants legs shall not be rolled above the ankle, or cut or frayed above the ankle, and both pants legs shall be worn the same length. Belts shall be worn with all pants which have belt loops in grades 6-12.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Sunglasses, hats, or caps shall not be allowed at school. Hoods shall not be worn inside a building on a school campus. Caps may be brought to school as part of a school team uniform. These caps shall not be worn during the school day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Clothing with holes, rips, or tears may be worn if skin is not exposed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">All buckles and laces shall be fastened or tied. Laces shall be worn in shoes with eyelets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Students shall not wear clothing (including buttons, patches, and badges) advertising alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, or drugs and\/or containing inappropriate language interfere with the work of the school or impinge on the rights of other students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Hair must be neat, clean and well groomed. Rollers, pins, nets, or other similar head apparel shall not be worn on the head. Numbers, symbols, words, or phrases shall not be worn (cut) in students&#8217; hair if deemed offensive, obscene, gang-related, or cause a disruption of the learning environment by the administration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Students are allowed to wear, carry, or possess bullet-resistant backpacks on school property or a school bus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">No pajama pants may be worn to school.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Footwear shall be part of the regular attire. Shoes shall be without metal tips or cleats. Shoes with wheels shall not be worn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">The neck opening of a shirt shall not exceed the equivalent of the second button of a dress shirt. See-through shirts, or tank tops shall not be worn. Midriff shall not be exposed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Neatly trimmed facial hair may be worn as determined by the administration. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Leggings, jeggings, sliders, or similar apparel may only be worn under a regular dress or skirt of appropriate length.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Strapless dresses, blouses, tank tops, tube tops, off-the-shoulder garments, or halters shall not be worn. Clothing which reveals cleavage shall not be worn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Dress straps shall be 2\u201d wide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Pierced jewelry may only be worn in the ears. Exceptions for other types of jewelry include pierced jewelry may be made at the discretion of an administrator if it is determined that the jewelry does not disrupt the learning environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the changing nature of trends in fashion and grooming, guidance given below is not inclusive of all possible violations. 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