If your child's public school has a mandatory uniform policy

I always liked uniforms. No competition between kids, an obvious bonding identification between them all, no decisions to be made in the mornings, readily available and very reasonable here at least. 

I would love a polo shirt/khaki uniform policy!

My sister's school in central Fl has one and they love it!

Honestly, I hated it for Middle School for my son....we never had it before and don't have it for elementary or HS...
Why? Because each year, he grew 2-3 sizes so I was constantly buying uniform type clothing along with regular knock-around clothing -- two sets got expensive!

However I did like that it kept the dress code pretty standard during MS!

As a teacher I would dearly love a school uniform. My dh was in a private school from K-12, then the Citadel followed by the Air Force. He said that uniforms as so easy! You always know what you are going to wear and there is no setting people apart based on clothes.

It is quite rare here in Australia for schools to not have uniforms. It is always something that I am interested in when reading the back to school shopping posts.

My dd goes to a private school so has always had a uniform which we both love. The days where they can have a casual day are usually cause for much angst about what to wear.

Public schools (around where I am anyway) generally had colours that the students wore but in the past few years I've noticed them have actual uniforms - mostly simple polos, shorts, track pants and a checked dress etc. most people seem to love them. Speaking to friends at these schools they all think that it works out much cheaper this way.

Missed it so much when I graduated high school. I'm content to wear the same thing every day - not something I value as a way to express myself. So I've essentially instituted a work uniform to minimise that stress.

I can see the other side of the story, but personally watching movies of high schools without uniforms made me shudder - just one more thing to make you different...

we don't have uniforms (except for JROTC which Simon was in and now Cathleen is) and I'm okay either way.

As a child, I always wore uniforms to school (grey skirt/pinafore with white blouse, grey blazer/jumper and a school tie and then either pink or blue gingham dresses for summer term) until we moved to the States. We were quite poor once we moved (a big change from solidly middle class before - Dad went from being an Army Major to working intermittently at minimum wage and commission-only jobs) and my clothes came from thrift shops and were never in fashion. I would have loved uniforms - I did love my JROTC and Girl Scout uniforms because then I looked like the others and if I was teased it was for being in JROTC or GS not for my clothes specifically.

My son wore uniforms for Kindergarten - light blue polos and navy shorts/trousers. It was so easy and when he outgrew something, I could trade it in at the office for a previously loved garment in a bigger size (or check the thrift shops)

I used to be against them. A nearby district when to a uniform dress code a few years ago and I felt sad for the students (especially since their polo colors were the school colors of black and orange.) But the older my kids get the more I wish our district would follow suit. I do think elementary school students should be allowed jeans to help with wear and tear expense, but I'm totally cool with kahkis and polos every day. (Obviously one of our school colors is not orange.)

My two wear an uniform, all schools in the UK do.

It's so much easier all round. School uniform is pretty reasonable over here.

Most importantly the kids are all on the same level......no one with the latest sports shoes  or whatever making that one little kid feel inferior because his parents can't afford them....no arguments about what to wear each morning. Yes definitely a uniform house here.

We did it for a year. Hated it.

I am going to consider myself lucky because my kids seem to be easier than many in most aspects. I've never had clothing issues with either dd or ds. However, ds did COMPLAIN loudly about wearing uniforms his last year with them.

We just went from a private school with uniforms to a public school without uniforms. The shirts were $32 each polo shirts embroidered with the school logo. We bought three new shirts each year. The school sponsored a trade day where families could sell/trade uniform pieces.

I prefer uniforms...but this particular school has a quality dress code and it seems to be well-enforced.

I loved it. In MS it was the polo shirts and khakis combo (or polo plus jeans at another school). So easy.

I just bought the shirts big in 6th and they lasted all three years.

Ditto.