A focus group comprised of students, parents and faculty met on Thursday during advisory in the Atrium to go over the dress code and discuss each attendee’s perspectives.

One student representative was chosen from each advisory, and advisories were able to sign up during the class meeting.

According to Psychology teacher Kelly Horan, one of the leaders of the focus group, the purpose of the meeting was to see what the students thought of the dress code.

“I think it went good. I think it gave students a voice to tell us what they thought, [the feedback] gave us clarification,” Horan said. “I think it will give them some good feedback about what students feel like they still need clarification on, because there were definitely some questions that were still lingering.”

Upper School Dean of Students Kevin Williamson had similar reactions about the way the event went.

“We had a good turnout,” Williamson said. “I think a lot of people had the opportunity to express themselves about what they liked about it or what they didn’t like.”

The group was formed due to the controversy after changing the dress code earlier this year, which resulted in unrest from the student body. The administration implemented the focus group in order to avoid a similar situation from occurring again.

“I went because I disagree with the fundamentals of the dress code as it stands,” Zoe Woehrmann (12) said. “I think it’s restrictive towards girls and ignores differences in height and proportions.”

Nirban Bhatia (9) thought that the meeting went well and hopes to be able to make an impact.

“I think that the uniform assembly was extremely productive,” he said. “We went through all the guidelines and we talked about each guideline and what we thought was better for the student body.”

The uniform focus group plans on meeting again next Thursday to go over all the comments and see if anything in the dress code needs to be changed.