STUDENT ID PLANS DEBATED; DISTRICTWIDE UNIFORMS UNDER CONSIDERATION.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Come January, high school students may be donning uniforms featuring school colors and wearing photo identification badges under proposals being weighed by trustees. The Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale board is considering strengthening its security policies to make it easier for authorities to identify who does - and doesn't - belong on campus. ``I am for name tags, if we can figure out the details,'' Trustee Brett Nelson said. ``We need to iron out the bugs first. The first one is how are they going to affix affix v. 1) to attach something to real estate in a permanent way, including planting trees and shrubs, constructing a building, or adding to existing improvements. it to the person. The other problem is how to enforce it. We don't want to have a policy that administrators can't enforce.'' Nelson said he prefers tags that can be clipped clip 1 v. clipped, clip·ping, clips v.tr. 1. To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears: clip coupons; clipped three seconds off the record. on rather than those worn on a cord around the neck, ``if it doesn't ruin the garment. ``If a teacher comes in and two students are roughhousing, they can pull the tag right off and get the student's name,'' Nelson said. District officials and teachers are submitting ideas to the board, which will formally consider the plan on Aug. 26. If approved, the changes would likely take place during the second semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s of the 1998-99 school year. The districtwide dress code would incorporate school colors and appropriate styles, replacing individual policies at each of the district's seven schools. Trustees heard about the use of student ID badges at a school board conference in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . Officials from one district said a corporate sponsorship financed their badges. At another school conference in Atlanta, district officials learned about a district that earned $4,000 a year by fining students $1 if they didn't have their badges. Nelson said students who don't have money to pay a penalty could stay after school and pick up trash. ``It can be enforceable,'' Nelson said. Trustee Bill Olenick said he preferred having a more stringent dress code over identification badges because it would be easier to enforce. He added that teachers trying to get name badges from students during a fight or incident could just escalate es·ca·late v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates v.tr. To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf. v.intr. the situation. ``It's not worth the enforcement hassles,'' Olenick said. Coming up with a standard district dress code is not a new idea. About three years ago, Olenick and other board members supported the idea after four schools decided against uniforms and recommended simply tightening their dress codes. Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
By going the route of dress codes, Olenick said the district can avoid provisions of current state law governing gov·ern v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr. 1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in. 2. school uniforms that state such policies have to come from the school, and parents can opt out if they choose to. |
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