All secondary schools in Ontario are having a large problem with dress codes. Many students are breaking the dress code by wearing shirts that promote violence; furthermore, students are also wearing clothes that are immodest, and are inappropriate for an educational setting. A way to solve many of these problems would be to introduce school uniforms. If school uniforms were introduced it would make Ontario schools safer, because it would be impossible for any outsiders to enter the school. Furthermore uniforms would increase the school spirit for sport teams. Finally, uniforms would create greater equality with students throughout the school because everyone would be wearing the exact same clothing. For these reasons, school uniforms should be mandatory for all secondary schools in Ontario.
Introducing uniforms would increase school safety in many ways. Many students in secondary schools carry weapons, from anywhere to a pair of scissors to small knives and even firearms. School uniforms would make it very difficult to hide these weapons underneath clothing because they are fairly tight and have few pockets. Furthermore, because of the uniforms it would reduce the risk of theft from students and the school. This would save the school money and make it have a better reputation. But the most important reason why uniforms would make a school safer is that it would make it impossible for any outsider to come into the school. This would help evade fights, theft and shootings.
As well as increasing school safety, uniforms are a great way for increasing school spirit. When students wear their uniforms, the public will recognize them. If that school has a good reputation it will make the public proud of them, and that will make the school spirit rise. It is also easier to see the school spirit of a school with uniforms because the students will be seen as a single school. Finally, uniforms would make the school stick together as a group.