Your school has decided (to change the dress code, to stop assigning homework on the weekend, to end summer vacations and go to year-round schooling, etc.). Write a letter to persuade the school board to make the change or to keep the policy.

Your school has decided (to change the dress code, to stop assigning homework on the weekend, to end summer vacations and go to year-round schooling, etc.). Write a letter to persuade the school board to make the change or to keep the policy.

*MADE UP*

Dear Headmaster Stones,

Greetings. I am currently a parent at Lincoln Middle School. Very recently, I heard that our school will stop having a uniform code. Unfortunately, I have to disagree with this for various reasons. By the end of this letter, I hope you will understand why we need uniforms and reconsider your decision.

Lincoln Middle School is widely known for its polite and intelligent students. We proudly placed third among the best educated private schools. Most alumni at our school have found a stable job and are now doing what they want to do. Although students get about four hours of homework daily, I believe that this is for their own future. All 350 students at your school are able to concentrate well because the school limits the use of computers. However, if our school becomes uniform-free, what may first seem an advantage won’t last long.

Middle school is the most important point in life in terms of understanding yourself and what you will do in the future. We need education it in order to understand how the world works and how to improve it. If the school decides not to have uniforms, we may become distracted from our studies. With a dress code, you don’t have to worry about what you will be wearing every day. All students know what they will be wearing to school every day, making it easier for them in the morning. They won’t be concerned about the new trend or wonder if their friends will like they’re wearing. On the other hand, without uniforms, all students will have to keep the latest fashion in mind, perhaps going shopping every other week to keep up to date. This will surely be time-consuming and unhelpful to their studies. Being teenagers, more and more students will focus on clothes instead of work, not helping them at all in high school or their future.

Also, we should continue to have school uniforms to prevent discrimination. With over 300 people in your middle school, economic status and fashion taste will vary greatly among students. Of course, those from a wealthier family will have no problems getting new clothes every weekend, but having no uniforms might become a worry to those from a lower economic class. Discrimination will occur when a group of students doesn’t approve of a particular student’s fashion and this will eventually expand. In a school known for its friendly environment, I would hate seeing students forming cliques because of their fashion status. School is meant for education and learning how to interact with others — not for discrimination.

Your wrong decisions will harm to the students at Lincoln Middle School.

Thank you for your time; I hope you reconsider.

Sincerely,

Amanda Madison