A parent raised concerns about the dress code at last week's board of education meeting. On Tuesday afternoon, the Ansonia Board of Education Policy Committee discussed possible dress code changes.
Most parents who spoke to NBC Connecticut said they support their children wearing uniforms.
April Palmieri disagrees with her 11th grade daughter who doesn't like wearing a school uniform.
"I feel the dress code is fine. I think it's better than regular clothes," she said.
She has a son in 12th grade and another daughter at Ansonia Middle School.
"I think it's better because all the kids are equal. They have the same thing on and they're not so worried about the fashion, the style because they all have to dress the same," she said.
Ansonia's dress code policy expanded to the high school in 2014. It requires students wear navy or khaki dress or docker style pants, shorts or skirts and a solid white or blue shirt or polo with the Ansonia logo.
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On Tuesday afternoon, the Board of Education Policy Committee went over concerns raised by a parent at last week's meeting.
"Why do we have the uniforms? What value do they provide? And he seems to think there's no known advantage to having the students wear uniforms," said Fran DiGiorgi, of Ansonia Board of Education.
During a short discussion, the three board members spoke in favor of the current dress code.
"They wear uniforms when they play for Pop Warner, they wear uniforms when they cheer. If they're Girl Scouts, they have uniforms so you have uniforms throughout your whole life," they said.
They responded to the resident's concern about cost by referring to a section already in the policy.
"If anybody is having a financial burder, they can submit a request for clothing assistance to the Superintendent of Schools," they said.
The only proposed change to come out of the meeting is to make the dress code policy gender neutral. The full Board of Education will vote on that at their next meeting.
