DRESS CODE

2025–2026 JAMES B. DUDLEY HIGH SCHOOL PANTHER DRESS CODE

✅ ACCEPTABLE

TOPS
Shirts must be worn at all times. Students will not wear jackets in place of having on a shirt. All tops must cover the entire midsection and extend to the waistband.

• Sleeveless shirts that are made that way (no cut-off sleeves)
• School athletic team uniform tops that are dress code compliant
• Long & short sleeve shirts
• Polo-style collar shirts
• T-shirts

BOTTOMS
Must be worn at the waist and secured. The entire hem of dresses, skirts & shorts must reach mid-thigh. If leggings/jeggings are worn, the shirt/skirt/dress/skort/shorts must be mid-thigh in length.

• Dress pants, jeans, and athletic-style warm-ups/sweatpants
• Dresses, skirts, and shorts
• Leggings, tights/pantyhose can only be worn under a skirt or dress

SHOES

• Shoes must be worn at all times

ACCESSORIES

• Appropriate undergarments are to be worn and should not be visible
• Hats/Jewelry or displayed accessories must use appropriate language and/or gestures

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STUDENTS MAY NOT WEAR OR CARRY CLOTHING, JEWELRY, BOOK BAGS, OR OTHER PERSONAL ARTICLES THAT:

• depict profanity, vulgarity, obscenity, or violence
• promote the use or abuse of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs
• threaten the health or safety of staff or students
• are reasonably likely to create a substantial disruption of the educational process or operations of the school

STUDENTS MUST:

• Wear clothing that covers their skin from chest to mid-thigh (see-through fabric is prohibited)

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❌ UNACCEPTABLE

TOPS
Any article of clothing that can reasonably be deemed disruptive to student learning.

• Strapless dresses (A jacket may be worn over a strapless dress to be considered dress code compliant, but the jacket must be worn at all times.)
• Shirts with offensive slogans or pictures (drugs, alcohol, guns, gangs, profanity, etc.)
• Tank tops and spaghetti straps
• Shirts that expose cleavage and midsection
• Shirts that are “see-through”
• Backless shirts, halter tops, and cut-off sleeveless shirts

BOTTOMS
Sagging pants are not allowed. Undergarments may not be visible, and pants should sit on hips or waist.

• Pajama pants
• Sweatpants with writing across the backside
• Tights/pantyhose that are not with appropriate length dress/skirt/shorts
• Manufactured holes/shredded areas that expose underwear
• Slits/holes must not extend higher than mid-thigh (ex. ripped jeans)

SHOES

• House / Bedroom slippers

ACCESSORIES

• Bonnets/Head Scarfs
• Ski masks/Gaiters (Cannot roll up)
• Hoods
• Hats
• Durags
• Bandanas
• Wave Caps