Pros

• Students save time by not having to decide what to wear.
• Parents and students won't have to buy expensive, designer clothes for school.
• All students will be wearing clothing that is tasteful, professional, and not distracting to faculty and other students.
• Students will no longer spend time observing and commenting on who is wearing stylish or non stylish clothes.
• Clothing will not be a way to distinguish rich from poor, therefore diminishing social economic differences.
• Different cliques, such as gangs, preps, jocks, geeks, burn outs, or any other group won't be distinguished in school by their clothing, thereby reducing violence from teasing and clique rivalry.
• Theft will reduce because designer clothing such as coats and shoes won't be on school property for someone else to steal.
• Once students, parents, and faculty get used to school uniform policy, there will be a greater  focus placed upon academic achievement.  Students will strive to distinguish themselves from their peers by good grades rather than cool clothing.
• Students who can't afford cool clothing will have higher self-esteem because they won't be comparing themselves to children who have the clothing that they do not.
• Families who have multiple students in the same school would be able to share clothing with their siblings and "hand-me-down" the clothing to the younger children.
• A consignment shop could be established.  This would reduce the cost of buying clothing because clothing purchased would cost less than new, and clothing sold would partially reimburse the previous owners of the clothing.  A concept very similar to college textbook buyback.
• Siblings sharing clothing and the consignment shop would both increase students and parents taking better care of school uniforms to increase their length of wear and value at resale.

• School uniforms are counter to the psyche of American thought.
• School uniforms don't develop a students abilities at decision making.
• School uniforms hinder a students ability to express themselves.
• School uniforms set a dangerous precedent on individual freedom.  If you take away parents and students right to choose what clothing they can wear, where does it stop?
• Most current school uniforms being used are considered ugly, scratchy, and ill fitting by students.
• Some school uniforms are overpriced when considering the quality of the clothing.
• If a students' clothing is dirty or they can't find their clothes, they have nothing to wear to school.
• Students claim that school uniforms make them feel like wanting to rebel against authority for having been forced to wear them.
• Like anyone who wears a uniform to work, students wouldn't be able or want  to wear their school clothes at any other time.
• Self esteem may be diminished because ugly clothing doesn't make a person feel good about themselves.
• Overall clothing costs would rise because students would need both school clothes and after school clothes.
• Initially, if not permanently, focus will be placed upon proper wearing of the school uniform, therefore, taking away focus from learning.