About two years ago a community meeting was held at H.M. Nailor IB World. In this meeting all parents were asked to vote if uniforms would be appropriate or inappropriate for students to wear. The controversy about implementing school uniforms in the school has been going on for quite some time now. The Cleveland School District is slowly enforcing the idea that students in grades kindergarten through third grade are already required to wear uniforms and fourth through eighth grade wearing uniforms is under deliberation. However the idea of wearing uniforms could prevent a lot of things. Wearing uniforms promotes safety, inequalities, and bullying. Uniforms are cost efficient. The parents do not have to worry about spending hundreds of dollars on expensive clothing like, Nike, Jordan, or Adidas. Keeping up with today’s trend has proven to be very costly. Parents can spend half the amount on uniforms that they would spend on clothing in today’s trend .For example, I have to buy uniform for my daughter and not my son because she is in grammar school where uniforms are worn but my son wears regular clothes. So that makes me spend more money on my son than my daughter. This will help a lot of parent to save money, pay bills on time, and buy other necessities. There are several stores around town that sale uniforms for a reasonable price. Looking Good and Wal-Mart are the best known sellers of uniforms in town. So parents do not have to travel out of their way and spend more money to obtain uniforms. Uniforms would eliminate the ridicule students receive from other students. Some parents cannot afford name brand and expensive clothing which places students in the situation to be bullied or taunted by those students whose parents can afford it. Uniforms lower the number of occurrences of students being attacked or beaten up for their clothing, such as shoes and jackets. If students wear uniforms the idea that one student is beneath the other is eliminated. The ridicule over clothing would deplete tremendously or cease altogether creating a better environment for all students. School uniforms not only break down socioeconomic barriers, but they also increase make it safer for the students. In 1996, President Bill Clinton encouraged the use of school uniforms as part of an education program to improve safety and discipline. If students are all wearing the same type of outfit, it becomes much easier to point out outsiders who may wander onto the campus. Also, members of gangs frequently have a color or style of clothing used to identify them. Unsuspecting students who wear gang colors or gang-related clothing might be threatened or intimidated by members of opposing gangs, students wearing expensive or fashionable clothes might become victims of theft, or certain fashion accessories or clothing may be used as a means of hiding weapons. Uniforms make the school symmetrical. Students dressed alike will spend more time focusing on their education and things involved in the school. Focusing on their education will improve test scores and grades. They will be forced to be creative and show school spirit in ways other than their clothing. The wearing of school uniforms will make the students develop a sense of unity and work together more. Students will be more eager to attend school knowing that they do not have to worry about what they wear or face judgmental slurs when they make it to school. Students can be themselves and not hide behind their clothes. The teachers and principals can focus more on major issues and not have to worry about correcting inappropriate clothing because with uniforms there is not much inappropriateness that can occur. Its either you wear it or you don’t. School is not a fashion show. Implementing uniforms will be cheaper for parents, eliminate a lot of the mishaps in school and force students to be more creative and focused on their school work. School uniforms would definitely have positive effects and improve the school’s environment.