The long standing McIntosh dress code policy has recently come back into the spotlight. The system works when a teacher reports a student in an online data base instead of  having teacher-student confrontation. This system is effective, and as the school year continues, an influx of high school girls have been called out of class and to the front office to change.

The dress code is already widely protested, but this school-wide system causes even more unrest than usual. Interaction between the teacher and student normally produces a solution for the student. In some cases this might mean finding a jacket to tie around the waist or to wear to cover up their shoulders. Most times, dress code is a solvable issue, but with the system that instantly incorporates administrative action, the opportunity for self correction is abolished.

Senior Katie Mitchell said, “I can’t believe that the teachers aren’t even confronting us about dress code  . . . .” Students are not only upset about dress code, but also about the dress code violation reporting system.