Eva Baldi
Shawville August 24, 2022
Pontiac High School (PHS) students entering into the new school year will have a new set of dress code restrictions to abide by.
Along with back to school packages, parents and guardians were sent a list outlining the new rules for dress code. The list has been shortened from 11 points to 7 points since the 2018 version that is still . . .
available on the PHS page on the Western Quebec School Board website.
The previous dress code explicitly prohibited students from wearing anything with rips, tears, patches, or designs that look as such. The new dress code has no mention of this, and only requires students to have bottoms that cover undergarments and buttocks.
To the same point, students used to be required that all shorts, skirts, dresses and kilts be no more than 12.5 cm (4.9”) above the knee. The new dress code has no mention of length as long as buttocks and undergarments are covered.
Furthermore, the new dress code has dropped the requirement for tank tops to have a minimum of 5 cm straps, it states “wear clothing that covers the chest and most of the midriff.”
Students are still prohibited from wearing hats and hoods inside the school and are still asked to deposit their hats, coats and bags in their lockers upon entering the school.
