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The governing board unanimously decided Wednesday to include a discussion on uniforms in its strategic planning process. This includes sending out a survey to parents and teachers for their input on school uniforms.
Board President Charles Otterman added an amendment that the survey needs to be both valid and reliable, and that it would gather data to drive school-improvement planning.
The uniform issue has been debated since the district eliminated mandatory uniforms at the beginning of the school year.
The district was criticized by parents when it made the change a few days after school started.
In September, a proposal to form a committee to study uniforms was shot down 3-2. Dissenting board members said they would rather have the issue included in the strategic planning process rather than be taken up by an independent committee.
Board member Bill Lipscomb brought up the issue again at Wednesday’s board meeting.
“My real concern is that we said we would take action on this, and I believe it’s incumbent upon us that we do what we said we would do,” Lipscomb said.
Board member Christine Pritchard agreed.
“For me, I think the bottom line is, we said we were going to put this back out to the community, and it’s very important . . . that we definitely do that.”
Lipscomb emphasized that he wants to ensure the survey is sent to all stakeholders, including parents and teachers, and that it is widely publicized so the district will receive a large response.
He also suggested the district take action and inform parents as soon as possible once the issue is resolved through the strategic planning process.
“I don’t want this subject matter to get lost in the shuffle,” he said.
Superintendent Gail Pletnick said all the data will be used in the strategic planning process to identify objectives, and then action plans will be built to reach those objectives.
No timeframe was given for a final decision on uniforms to be made.
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