The items collected in the clothes closet will be made available to students if they have a hygiene accident while at school or if their family is experiencing financial difficulty.

A Dothan business owner hopes to do well by doing good.

The Dothan City Schools on Monday voted to approve a new dress code for its teachers and staff. The new dress code bars certain items of clothing and
footwear, including Crocs and flip-flops.

Even those students who are not so keen on a school uniform got sucked into the excitement of the experience Thursday.

Dothan City School Superintendent Sam Nichols has said adopting a dress code for employees was fair because the system has asked students to wear uniforms. Nichols said the system currently doesn’t have an official system-wide dress code.

Having recently adopted a uniforms policy for students, the Dothan City Schools system is now taking a look at how its employees dress.

A handful of Northview High School students gathered outside their school Saturday to say no to the “fashism” they believe the Dothan City School Board’s new uniforms policy is perpetrating.

Now that the Dothan City School Board has passed a uniforms policy, parents will soon need to hit the stores to make sure their kids are properly dressed.

The city school board on Monday approved a school uniforms policy setting stringent new guidelines for students’ pants, shirts, shoes and outerwear. The policy goes into effect for the 2009 school year.

A committee tasked with drafting a uniform policy for Dothan City Schools students will present their recommendation to the city school board Monday. Here’s what they came up with:

A draft of a school uniform policy for Dothan City Schools is progressing and could be presented to the school board in a few weeks. The Dothan City Schools School Uniform Dress Code Committee is drafting the policy and is expected to present it to the board in November.

Some local parents have differing views of a proposed uniform policy for city school students.

The Dothan City School Board spoke with one voice on the issue of school uniforms Monday night.

The Dothan City Schools system is shopping for a new dress code policy.