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Should Blue Valley Get School Uniforms?

Blue Valley should not get school uniforms for three reasons. School uniforms could cause religious conflicts. Uniforms are just a band-aid on school violence, meaning that uniforms can only prevent school violence for so long until it comes back. Finally school uniforms could be a financial burden for some families.

The first reason that Blue Valley should not get school uniforms is because they could cause religious conflicts. For example, there was recently a case in Europe where a student was fighting the school for the right to wear a traditional Muslim dress, called a jilbab (Smith-Spark, 1). Another example is that in France, a law passed saying that no student was allowed to wear any traditional Muslim headscarves (Smith-Spark, 1). Some Jewish people wear small round hats called a, Kippah. If the rule is that you are not allowed to wear hats, this could …show more content…

School uniforms could possibly be a huge financial burden for poor families (Wilde, 1). They are an unfair additional cost for families who already pay taxes for free public school (Wilde, 1). You must have several uniforms in order to make it through the school week. Finally, if poor families are paying taxes for public education and can’t even afford one uniform, they will not be able to afford three or four uniforms just to get through the week.

Uniforms have helped to improve attendance, graduation, and suspension rates. I still think that the bad outweighs the good for the three reasons above.

Overall I think that Blue Valley should not get school uniforms for three reasons. It could cause religious tensions. It doesn’t completely eradicate school violence, just covers it up for a while, Finally uniforms could be a financial burden for some families. That is why I think that Blue Valley should not get school

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