Advantages of Uniforms The Long Beach Unified School District (the first public school system in the country to require students to wear uniforms) speak of many advantages they see in their school system due to the uniform policy. Officials in the district report large increases in attendance and test scores as well as decreases in gang-related crimes and discipline problems. Amongst 58,500 students they see a steady increase. One district spokesperson states that “Uniforms really level the playing field between the have and have-nots”.
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When students wore particular colors that were seen as “gang-related” it brought more crimes into the school. Now, that students have to wear a certain color coded attire it lessens the crimes brought into the school. Another argument was that while some students can afford to buy new clothing others can’t. So when some students have name-brand clothing on and others don’t they feel they get picked on for not being in the latest trends. However, in the next paragraphs there are opposing arguments about the school uniforms and their