First, if debating whether to require uniforms in a high school, consider if wearing
uniforms will be a new concept for that student body. If these students have had to wear
uniforms in elementary and middle school, then requiring first year high school students
to continue doing so will not be as controversial as it might if the requirement was
completely novel to the students. From there, students would continue to wear school
uniforms each year until they graduated (Walmsley, 2011). In contrast, if high school
students have not been required to wear uniforms during the earlier years in school, they
may strongly protest. The easiest way to begin a program requiring school uniforms is to
start in elementary school and let the students continue each year from there.