2025-2026 LPSS Revised Dress Code For Students
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)– The Lafayette Parish School Board made some changes to the dress code for the 2025-2026 school year in hopes to hopefully make things easier on parents.
Tracy Wirtz, communication specialists, said LPSS did a survey and had 2000 respondents who wanted them to relax the dress code in some way.
'One of those relaxation was adding blue jeans to the mix of the bottoms that students could wear. They don't have to wear blue jeans, but it's another option for them. Of course, you still have the khakis, etc., but blue jeans are now added to that mix,' Wirtz said.
Another change is hoodies. Wirtz said they heard that among the younger kids, it may be difficult to find hood less garments especially since they grow out of them so often. Ikerra Wilson, a parent whose child attends a school within LPSS expressed her appreciation for the changes in the policy.
'The changes that they did make, it was needed,' Wilson said.
In January, Wilson spoke with News 10 about a concern on the dress code after her son was left outside in the cold without his coat that had a hood on it.
'The whole situation with my kid, it was so devastating to see and knowing that any other kid could have went through that situation and no one fought for it and to know that I was able to make that change it was a relief knowing that I was able to do that and knowing that it took my son to make a change,' Wilson said. 'It's a lot that people don't think that they can change around here, and it's a lot that we can change, but they just don't fight for it.'
'From a safety standpoint, LPSS hasn't seen any issues with that K through five groupings in terms of the hoodies. So essentially what they did is now pre-K through five students will be allowed to wear hooded garments, sweatshirts, sweaters, jackets, coats, those sorts of things,' Wirtz explained. The thing to remember, though, that's really important is once they get into the school, they won't be able to wear the hoods. So it's for an outside kind of warmth thing and it's an option again for those elementary students. Hooded garments will not be allowed in middle and high school at this point.'
The changes that are going into effect will be for the 2025-2026 school year and are not for the current school year. Wilson encourages parents no matter what 'to always fight for your babies because they can't fight for themselves. We have to do that for them.'
'We really want the community to know that LPSS is responsive to their wants, their needs, the things that they want to see in our school systems. As long as whatever those things are, they point back to academic success for the children,' said Wirtz.
You can see the full changes in the dress code policy here.
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