Is Fredericks new dress code worth putting in place?

Halloween is supposed to be a fun time of year where everybody dresses up but people sometimes take it too another level at school and not realizing there is a dress code admin set out for the safety of students.

Krystal Tschida, Staff Writer
October 31, 2022

Fredrick high school in northern Colorado recently just put out a dress code causing a little bit of mixed feelings and reviews. As of 2021 there was no dress code at Fredrick high school meaning people could mostly wear whatever they would like with in reason. The dress code mainly started to come up when October 31st started to come quickly.

The first thing that was needed to be addressed, was students are now allowed to wear anything as long as it covers parts of the body that are known as inappropriate (we should know if a admin dreams it is inappropriate or makes them feel uncomfortable then they have permission to send you to the office) Although they are not allowed to wear anything drug or gang related said the new dress code guidelines, it never once mentioned anything about playboy causing some controversy.

These are not allowed at fhs because the staff/teachers can’t see your face. These where a really popular costume while growing up, and this is a big no no now due too some things post pandemic as well. ( photo credits by amazon).

The Playboy symbol or logo is a related to a sex symbol, which caused some not so happy people around the school.

When October 31st came only certain things were allowed to be worn, meaning those inflatable things that we loved and we all thought were hilarious when we were younger—are not allowed because they are distracting, and people jump up and down causing them to take away from the learning in the class room, and causing a disturbance.

 Teachers get upset because there is still a class day going on and it distracts people from the lesson.

The last list of requirements for Halloween was updated. In the last Halloween dress code students weren’t even allowed to wear masks, but due to post covid we are allowed to wear covid masks and any other masks that would only cover a section of the face, not the whole thing so you are still identifiable to staff and teachers.

The mask your allowed to wear over your eyes is called a domino mask and the mask that society had to wear was just generic “covid” or just a partial face covering but you may not wear both. If you are planning too wear them both ADMIN recommends you leave them home.

These are 1/2 of the only masks you are allowed to wear during the dress code update for Halloween covid masks are allowed because a lot of students still dont feel safe with the pandemic or they just feel more comfortable in the mask. Haley nelson sophomore at Fredrick high school says “i didn’t really start feeling comfy without my mask off until this year. And i normally would keep too my self i think masks are really handy in the aspect of i can put them on when I’m sick.” (Photo credits to PHAHO)

When it comes to Native American or any religion it is a big topic overall this year as of 2022. No costume is allowed to be impersonating or mocking somebody’s culture if it is your own culture you might want to talk to [email protected] for more information about your costume or outfit for the day. Your face can be painted but just not all of it because staff and students need to be able to find you and recognize who you are.

And last of all there is no Jeffrey Dahmer due to reasons the admin and staff and school does not want you impersonating somebody who has been such a horrible person and impact on the country. Especially with the new show that recently just came out on Netflix.

What this Boils down too is the staff had to make a change too the dress code because of the way people and staff were being treated when wearing there costumes. Halloween is not just full of fun it is also full of learning as well the admin understand that you want to have fun and you have spirit by dressing up but they also want to learn as well. happy holidays…..