Listening to the radio this morning, I heard a story about a principal at a middle school in Memphis who was trying to get students to follow the 'no baggy/saggy pants' rule and decided to fight pop culture with pop culture, taking the saggy pants that imitate that of rappers in music videos (the principal's words, not mine) and turning them into a pop culture icon that most of these kids have never heard of: Steve Urkel. When a staff member there sees a student wearing baggy pants, the pants are pulled up and zip tied in place in the same fashion that Urkel would wear his pants. But it seems to be working, because apparently there's been about an 80% drop in kids breaking this rule.

But I'm curious as to what you all think. The talk show I was listening to took callers and most of them were pretty supportive of it as a general idea, with the only complaints being that the kids might have a harder time using the restroom.

A link to the story can be found right here less

I don`t agree with the method. I also am concerned with the whole thongs hanging out deal, because unless that is the idea, I don`t think it`s fair. First because there are not a lot of pants made that go up high enough to cover a girls ass crack these days. I can`t shop in a lot of clothing sections because the pants don`t even come halfway up my butt. I wear midrise bootcuts and they fit me comfortably but I also have no hips and everything slides down unless my belt is tight enough to be uncomfortable. I wear pants the correct size for my body and even if i wear them a size small I usually have to wear a slightly longer shirt to avoid any unintentional exposure. I honestly don`t see the issue with the mens pants either. I think it is a totally ridiculous fashion but, aside from indecent exposure, when did that become a crime? I think the rule should be geared towards the intent of the fashion. If it is offensive or intentionally provocative nix it. If it is a matter of people looking like idiots.... let them. less

Dude, just give detentions and suspensions for not following the dress code. Simple.

However... at my kids' school, if you come to school out of uniform (jeans, logo tees, etc) you have change into and wear a neon green sweatsuit all day. And I kinda love that. It's only for 6th grade and up - not the little kids who really might not know better. less

So what happens if the kids parents washer and dryer broke and they don't have clean uniforms? I mean it is kind of understandable but still.

I just think that if there is a dress code and the students are not abiding by it you should deal with it by giving the same punishments you would for any other transgression. Let the entire student body know that if students will not comply with the dress code the school with be forced to implement the use of uniforms. It worked at my school. less

Why not simply enforce the dress code? A lot of schools around here require you to wear a belt with your pants (if they've got belt loops) and to wear them at the waist. If you break the dress code, you go sit in ISS all day long.

I'm not against measures like this. It's just that it seems unnecessary. I guess if the kids were really stubborn and wound up in ISS (or whatever punishment they give out for breaking dress code) then you could resort to stuff like this. less