Today, the Marietta School board will have a special session at 11:30 am to review several proposals regarding uniforms in the following Marietta City Schools: Westside Elementary, Marietta Sixth Grade Academy and Woods Wilkins Center.

The MDJ is reporting:

School board member Jill Mutimer said the three proposals, if approved, would not set a precedent for the rest of the school system.

“The three proposals each have been submitted separately,” she said. “Uniforms are not a board policy.”

School spokesman Thomas Algarin said the discussion is in its second phase after the schools made requests for uniforms at a May 9 board meeting.

Ms. Mutimer said if approved, the uniform plans call for parents to purchase the necessary clothing. She did not say how much each uniform would cost parents. The district would advertise a request for proposals to solicit a vendor for the uniforms.

She added the schools have plans to raise money outside its budget for scholarship money to help families who cannot afford the uniforms.

Ms. Mutimer said the schools are examining a uniform requirement for several reasons.

“They have said they feel it will help them enforce the dress code more effectively,” she said. “They said it would help with discipline.”

She said the theory is that uniforms would allow students to focus on academics rather than their clothes.

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