Dress Code

Fontainebleau High School follows the St. Tammany Parish School Board Dress Code found in the St. Tammany Parish School Board Discipline Policy Handbook.

Student dress and grooming is not to adversely affect the student’s participation in classes, school programs or other school-related activities.
Extremes in style and fit in student dress and extremes in style of grooming will not be permitted.
The wearing of body-piercing ornaments is limited to the ear, if ear-piercing ornaments are approved at the school level.
School principals maintain the right to determine extremes in styles in dress and grooming and what is appropriate and suitable for school wear.
No student shall wear, possess, use, distribute, display or sell any clothing, jewelry, emblem, blade, symbols, sign or other things which are evidence of membership affiliation in any gang.
Policies regarding dress and grooming stress the importance of reducing distractions that inhibit learning and are addressed as an attempt to enhance the safe learning environment.

FEMALE

MALE

Girls must wear their hair in a standard, acceptable style. Hair in rollers or curlers, excessive teasing, or hair arranged in a manner detrimental to the performance of normal educational activities will be prohibited. Hair must also be clean and not unusually colored. Sculptured hair styles that include pictures, symbols, letters, numbers, etc., will not be permitted.

Girls are required to wear clothing suitable for school and shall be in compliance with the following regulations:

No see-through, sheer shirts or lace-like clothing will be allowed, and no skin may show between the pants and shirt in any position.

Culottes, split skirts and shorts are acceptable providing they meet the dress length requirement stipulated below.

All caps, hats, and bandannas are banned from school campuses during regular school hours.

Any article of clothing with suggestive symbols, words or advertisements of products or substances prohibited by the St. Tammany Parish School Board is prohibited.

Tank shirts and undershirts are not to be worn as outer garments.

Bottom garments worn by students must be secured at waist level with no undergarments revealed.

Flip flops or backless thong sandals are not permitted.

The minimum length of dresses, culottes, skirts, and shorts must be at the fingertip or below when standing erect with arms extended down the sides or be not more than 5" above the knee.

Students in grades 9-12 are required to wear student school I.D.’s visible above the waist during regular school hours. If a required school uniform is worn, the administrator may elect to not require I.D.’s.

An acceptable, well-groomed haircut will be required of all male students. Styles should never be such that they represent a collective or individual protest.
Hair - The length of hair may not fall below the base of a collared shirt. Any method used to circumvent this hair length rule is not permitted. Afros or teased styles may not exceed three (3) inches in height. Hair arranged in a manner detrimental to the performance of normal educational activities will be prohibited. Hair must also be clean and not unusually colored. Sculptured hair styles that include pictures, symbols, letters, numbers, etc., will not be permitted.
Facial Hair - Male students are prohibited from wearing beards or goatees; sideburns may be worn to the base of the earlobe, but porkchop style is prohibited. Students may wear a neatly trimmed mustache, but handlebar styles are prohibited.
Boys are required to wear clothing suitable for school and shall be in compliance with the following regulations:
Shirts must be buttoned except for the collar. Tank shirts and undershirts are not to be worn as outer garments. Any article of clothing with suggestive symbols, words or advertisements of products or substances prohibited by the St. Tammany Parish School Board is prohibited.
No see-through or sheer shirts will be allowed, and no skin may show between the pants and shirt in any position.
All caps, hats, and bandannas are banned from the school campus during regular school hours.
Walking shorts may be worn as long as they meet the length requirement. While standing erect with arms extended down, the length of shorts must come to the tip of fingers or below.
Bottom garments worn by students must be secured at waist level with no undergarments revealed.
Flip flops or backless thong sandals are not permitted.
Students in grades 9-12 are required to wear student school I.D.’s visible above the waist during regular school hours. If a required school uniform is worn, the administrator may elect to not require I.D.’s.

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