In all honesty, any good debate would be much better if opinions didn't matter. Among the swathe of people with their heart set on their voice being heard, I'm pretty sure no individual opinion matters when it comes to subjects like this. But that's just an opinion.

I find quite disturbing the answers that are allowed for this debate. I don't necessarily believe uniforms improve behavior. The prospect of it would make sense, but in many cases, no effect is achieved to any extent, and the small benefits found in others are miniscule in comparison to the cost and hassle of maintaining such a task of distribution, management, and enforcement of such a strict dress code. While it's true that schools are, in essence, government institutions, it does not necessarily mean a certain attire should be required. Of course, as sense would have it, there should at least be general guidelines to avoid distractions and to ensure nobody gets troubled or disturbed by public indecency/nudity/another something or other. In spite of my personal beliefs, statistics back me up, as they would any view of mine.

Allow me to quote a fellow student of mine in favor of school uniforms. 'In the study of Lee Jolley, Leigh Southward and Melinda Swafford is that “ their findings indicate that students uniforms have no direct effect on substance abuse, behavioral problems, school safety, school attendance, or academic achievements."' - alejandra14

This is interesting for this person to bring up, considering this goes directly against the side they are self-associated with in this debate. While they state "School uniforms improve people behavior", there exists exactly no scientific evidence that this is true, especially in the source she cited, and the evidence that does exist is controversial and usually done in secluded areas on small numbers or non-diverse groups of people. It's obvious that uniforms have virtually no direct effect on a district's students' well-being, but have a considerable effect on the wallets of the local parents of said district.