Hey psst Pam...did it ever occur to you that it is your PEERS and COWORKERS who do not dress like they are professionals? My guess is this was necessitated by a lion share of particularly younger teachers for whom professional dress was not just common sense. Do you ever really think things through before you post? You are taking this so personally and, in typical liberal fashion, looking for someone other then yourself to blame. While you PERSONALLY may not be responsible for a needed dress code, apparently other people in your profession are or the board would not have wasted their time on something which has been a matter of good taste and common sense for better then 100 years now. I think it's crazy too, but obviously for the reasons I've stated: that apparently quite a few teachers have made this step necessary. IMO, if they don't have the common sense and decency to understand they are around minor children and to dress appropriately, they probably should not be teaching in the first place.