New Dress Code

Dear GRPS Parent/Guardian(s) and Staff:
 
We are writing to share important information on the dress code beginning August 23, 2022. In alignment with our objectives identified by our 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, we have adopted a new dress code policy that was approved by the Board of Education on August 1, 2022. School uniforms will no longer be required for the 2022-2023 school year.
 
The purpose behind this policy is to provide scholars with freedom to express themselves while ensuring safety and educational goals. The new dress code prohibits dress and personal grooming that:

1. Endangers or interferes with the health or welfare of the scholars; and/or
2. Causes disruption or directly interferes with the educational process; and/or
3. Promotes illegal activities; and/or
4. Includes logos that promote drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gangs, racism, sexism, or any type of prejudice.

For example, scholars must be dressed appropriately for the school setting, no undergarments, midriff, or cleavage should be showing. Head coverings are allowed for religious or medical purposes only.
 
Additional guidance regarding the dress code is available in the GRPS Scholar Resource and Responsibility Guide (formerly known as Student Handbook), which you will find on the GRPS website at www.grps.org/scholarguide.
 
If you have questions regarding the new dress code, please do not hesitate to contact your scholar’s school directly. You may also contact the Communications Department at 616-819-2149 or communications@grps.org.
 
Thank you for all you do to support your scholar and our schools. Have a great rest of your summer and we will see you on Tuesday, August 23, 2022! 
 
Sincerely,
 
Leadriane Roby, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools