MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – Students and teachers at Middle Township Middle School collected more than 880 pairs of jeans Jan. 17-Feb. 8.

Our school handbook is very specific regarding the dress code for middle school students." The handbook bans "form fitting clothes." "The following are never acceptable for students to wear at school: ...

Student artists in Cher Ferrara’s Driver Middle School art classes designed and painted blue jeans in a style influenced by a famous artist.

Public school teachers in St. Tammany Parish might be able to wear jeans to work – one day each week, anyway – if the School Board agrees Thursday.

Lafayette Parish School Board in Louisiana considers changing the dress code to allow students to wear jeans and elementary students to wear jackets with hoods.

Students at H.E. Charles Middle School in El Paso Texas, can no longer wear all-black outfits, which officials claim are "associated with depression and mental health issues” as well as crime.