San Fernando Valley : NEW LOOK
Dress codes aren’t a black-and-white issue at Camellia Avenue Elementary School.
They’re a blue and white issue.
The North Hollywood school of about 825 students began a uniform dress code last week, becoming only the second Los Angeles Unified School District elementary school to require uniforms. Charter school Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in Pacoima became the first in July.
But the uniform requirement is not a punishment, Assistant Principal Ysafi Diamond said. Nor is it inflexible.
Camellia parents had lobbied for more than five years for the dress code, which excludes jeans and T-shirts, but provides other options.
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