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Under the School System's "Dress For Sucess" policy, both students & staff are required to wear uniforms, which are State Government property.
The School System describes the dress-code as being "conservative" & "strict", but in reality, these are simply weasel words for "authoritarian".
The School System describes the dress-code as being "conservative" & "strict", but in reality, these are simply weasel words for "authoritarian".
The student's uniform, from the feet up, are;
Dress shoes, oxford style.
Dress socks.
Dress slacks.
Dress belt.
Dress shirt.
Formal necktie.
Formal waistcoat.
Suit jacket.
Military-style side cap (similar to the Soviet "pilotka" cap).
An acrylic sweater may be worn alternatively to the waistcoat in the winter. It is required that all students in the entire state school system either wear the waistcoat or sweater at the same time on the same day to promote a collectivized appearance.
The clothing has a "classical" fit. The color is all mono-color "lifeless gray", a shade of dull gray. The fabric weight & material for the slacks is 18 oz wool-shoddy polyester, shirt is 10 oz polyester, & waistcoat & jacket is 16 oz wool shoddy & polyester. Alternatively, there are slacks, waistcoats, & jackets that are available that are made out of 14 oz of cheap polyester. Shoes, socks, & belts are black.
If a student has a medical condition that would make their body react in a negative way to wearing the regular school uniform, then their legal guardian(s) may fill special form requesting permission for that individual student to wear a uniform made out of alternate materials.
Parents may also apply forums to authorize their child to have modifications made to their uniform to comply with their religious beliefs.
The uniform is to be worn to the state school system's specifications, ie, shirt tucked in, pants perfectly at the waist, tie perfectly tied at a full Windsor, no wrinkles, perfectly spotless, shoes are spit-shined, pant hem resting on top of the shoes, etc. All modifications are absolutely prohibited, with the sole exception being a specific order from the Superintendent to make a uniform modification. School spirit pins & pins supporting the State Government & schooling system, however, are authorized to be worn.
Failure to follow the full dresscode will result in the student being forced to wear a pocketless jumpsuit, with their school’s name & the words “DRESSCODE VIOLATOR” on the back, & pink if the individual is a male, or black & white stripes if the individual is a female.
Since the 1960's, for physical education, due to the intensity of the activities, students are authorized to wear school-issue "never again volunteer yourself" (navy) blue collared long sleeve 70%/30% polyester-cotton jumpsuits with "inmate sneakers". A student may also wear an approved school spirit t-shirt purchased from the store, & also have school spirit patches brought from the store on their jumpsuit. On particularly cold days, the School Superintendent may authorize the students to wear sweaters brought from the school store.
It was once proposed to have the jumpsuits colored "baby barf green" instead of "never again volunteer yourself blue", but this wasn't implemented, as the school board thought that the dull green could act as a camouflage color if a student escapes school.
For high school students, when they are doing "volunteer" work, since the 1950's, they are authorized to wear what are called "Volunteering Utility Uniform" in lieu of the standard uniform. This uniform, from the feet up, consists of:
. Utilitarian Black work boots.
. Socks that match the boots.
. Never again volunteer yourself blue work slacks.
. Web belt that matches slacks.
. Prisoner's blues style pockless long-sleeve work shirt.
. Lifeless gray wannabe-military style bib scarf.
. Never again volunteer yourself blue side cap.
For the VUU, the pants are made out of 16.5 oz polyester twill & the shirt is made out of 10 oz polyester twill. The back of the shirt says "STUDENT" & their number in big letters, with "Dept. of Education" in smaller letters below it, all in black letting. The front right breast has a white patch with the student's number on it in black. On the left sleeve, is the New Israel State Schools patch.
The rules that apply to the wearing of the VUU are the same as the regular uniform (the boots are also required to be spit-shined). However, is a particular job requires it, wearing a prisoner orange hard hat in lieu of the side cap & wearing personal protective equipment over the VUU is authorized. Also, if one is doing a particularly dirty job, they may remove the bib scarf, but must button up the top button of the shirt.
There were proposals to have the uniforms feature lifeless gray pant stripes & shirt shoulder straps/epaulets, but these modifications were judged as "too fancy", which could possibly hint at the students being higher class than their teachers (whose uniforms do not have those features).
It was also proposed to authorize students to wear their VUU's in place of their uniforms on normal school days like United States Marines wear their Combat Utility Uniforms when in garrison on a base & to also authorize the wear of PE jumpsuits while doing "volunteer" work like United States Navy Sailors are permitted to wear coveralls in lieu of their regular Working/Utility Uniforms while on a military installations & ships, but neither of these was implemented, as one school board member said that "They'll look unprofessional... bums, if I'm honest, which will also ruin our public image, & besides, that would be a lowering of standards".
School stores used to sell plain black large military-style rucksacks so students can carry some of their homework in them, but in the 1980's, ostensibly as a safety measure, these were replaced by clear plastic backpacks.
Teachers, Administrators, Vice-Principals & Principles wear a military-style dress uniform, which includes:
Jackboots.
Creased uniform pants.
Coat with U.S. Marine Corps style "standing collar" (officers have gold & purple trim, & have epaulets).
Dress belt.
Hats:
Teachers: campaign cover.
Administrators: wannabe-military style peaked cap.
Principal, Vice-principal & assistant principals: big "Russian dimensions" peaked cap (similar to post 1991 Russian peaked caps in dimensions).
Commissars, School Board Members, Vice-Superintendent, & the Superintendent-General: "Commissar Cap".
Badges & color patterns for their rank class (from Smtih & Warren, Model S88):
Enlisted Teacher:
Enlisted Teacher:
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Officer (Assistant Principal):
Officer (Assistant Principal):
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Commanding officer/deputy commanding officer (Principal, Vice-Principal)
Commanding officer/deputy commanding officer (Principal, Vice-Principal)
Enlisted (with silver buttons):
Officer (no purple trim or commissar cap):
The post-1991 Russian army cap in the picture below is shown to give you an idea of the dimensions of the Assistant Principal's cap are (albeit all black & plainer looking).
The Commissar cap in the image below is similar in dimensions to the hat that would be worn by Commissars & above:
Standard Armed Security Service School Security Command Uniform (this example is an is supposed to be an enlisted style, but has gold buttons):
(The images above come from Marlow White's First Responder Uniform Configurator Beta, with the image taken & face blurred using Awesome Screenshot Minus on Google Chrome.)
The purpose of uniforms to establish that there are two classes of people, being controllers & subjects. The lifeless gray uniforms of students symbolize them being subjects, while the black military-style uniforms of the staff symbolize the authority of the staff.
Within the controllers, there are several subclasses, in this pecking order;
. Lord Officers (Lord Superintendent General)
. Executive officer (Superintendent General).
. General officers (School Board Members).
. Special officers (Educational Commissars. Perhaps roughly equivalent to School manager or Assistant Superintendent in some school systems).
. Commanding officers (Principals).
. Lesser officers (Assistant Principals & Administrators).
. Non-commissioned officers (Tenured Teachers).
. Enlisted guards (Teachers).
. Prisoners (Students).
When it comes to Commissars, they are called "Special officers" for a reason. Commissars control the Armed Security Service's Fast Action Response Team's School Security Command (SchoolSecComm). If a Principal wants the Fast Action Response Team to show up to his school, he must contact a Commissar to do so. They even have their own pecking order, similar to the rank system of Commissars in Warhammer 40000, as follows:
Commissar-General. The highest rank among the Commissars. Reports directly to, & is in contact with, the Superintendent General.
Colonel-Commissar. Slotted between a regular commissar & Commissar-General. Responsible for regional operations.
Commissar-Captain. Responsible for a company of Fast Action Response Team members.
Commissar. The most common rank in the Commissariat. A typical Commissar would be assigned to watch over several schools & a platoon of Fast Action Response Team members.
Junior-Commissar. Subordinate to full Commissars, performing the role as a junior aide in the oversight of the unit assigned to a full Commissar. They primarily perform as adjutants & in an investigatory role as well as carrying out the usual Commissarial duties. It is common for one Junior-Commissar to be assigned to a school to watch over it & the Security Officers stationed at the school.
Cadet Commissar. They are Commissars in training.
New Israel State School uniformed personnel wear United States Military style rank insignia, being Enlisted Army for Teachers & Administrators (Teachers with no tenure wear no insignia, & when in training without full certification, are treated as unpaid interns, while tenured teachers wear NCO insignia), while officers being Administrators, Assistant Principals, Vice Principal & Principal wear Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps "Bars & Train Tracks" style insignia (Administrators may wear up to three, Assistant Principals wear four, the Vice-Principal wears five, & Principal wears six respectively).
Commissars, School Board Members, the Vice Superintendent & Superintendent wear regular U.S. military officer rank insignia.
Cadet Commissars wear a gold bar, Junior-Commissars wear a silver bar, full Commissars wear two silver bars, Commissar-Captains wear a gold leaf, Colonel-Commissars wear a silver leaf, & the Commissar-General wears an Eagle.
School Board Members wear one star, the Vice-Superintendent wears two stars, & the Superintendent-General wears three stars.
Lord Superintendent-General is a four-star honorable rank, rewarded to "Major contributors to public education". The only people who have been given this rank so far are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Horace Mann, & John Dewey, & John Dewey is the only one out of these who actually served within the New Israel State Schools system.
The use of different rank insignia & even header between school-level & state-level officers symbolises that the State has the authority over schooling of children, in that it is the State, NOT the locality or the people, that controls the schools, along with what & how things are taught in them, & even what could be done within school grounds.
In slang terms, Administrators, Teachers, & enlisted Security Guards are said to be part of the "scum class", while Assistant Principles & up, & Security Officers & up are said to be part of the "snob class", considering how the latter come from upper-income classes while the former are made up more middle to lower income classes.
Uniform complaints:
The uniforms have been criticized by both staff, & especially students, alike.
The students' biggest complaint with their uniforms is how uncomfortable, & more specifically, how hot & unbreathable they are. Obstensively, the reason for the heavy fabric (14 ounces for the jacket, waistcoat & pants. & 10 oz for the shirt) is to make the clothing durable & look less wrinkled. But, this heavy weight makes the suit hot to wear, which is combined with the traditional use of itchy wool shoddy, & since the 1950's, exacerbated by the use of low-grade polyester.
The build & material quality is low, as that there is no quality control, leading to suits often having poor durability, & it is common for seams to break.
It is common for students to complain en mass about uniforms that are of such low quality, & there are rumors that the uniforms were deliberately made uncomfortable to make the students used to being miserable. This all comes before rather mooted prices for uniform sets. For example, a new uniform set for kindergarten student may cost around $300 as of 2010.
Staff members also share this sentiment, albeit to a lesser degree. While school staff members are given more choices in terms of materials & material weights, they also have to deal with seemingly unfair pricing. For example, a standard-issue polyester-wool dress coat alone would easily set the buyer back $350 as of 2010.
There was also a safety complaint. Because the Government of the State of New Israel never replaces vehicles unless it costs more to maintain a vehicle in running order than to purchase a new one or they're forced to do so, many school buses are from the early 1980's, often in ramshackle condition, & all fueled with gasoline, which has the risk of exploding if the bus wrecks.
As a result of these complaints, ironically, both students & the staff members responsible for imprisoning, conditioning, & indoctrinating them both have uniform issues in common. This is to the point where members from both sides would privately buy their own clothing items & attach markings & accessories to the new clothing items to make it look like a uniform if they had the money to do so, considering how privately brought clothing items are usually more comfortable & of higher-quality than official government-supplied items. The New Israel state government officially has a rule against this, & regularly pressures businesses to block suspected sales of unofficial uniforms (officially as a safety measure, but in reality, to keep profits from sales), but the practice still is somewhat common.
Before
1910, uniforms were made out of heavy, itchy, wool shoddy. After 1910,
uniforms were made out of a wool shoddy & viscose blend. Starting in
the 1950's, the uniforms were made out of low-grade
polyester & the same material was used ever since.
The reason for outsourcing to Israel was officially because Israeli employees would make a higher quality product than American prisoners, but in actuality, it is a thinly veiled way to funnel money to Israeli companies.
New Israel State Schools & Prisons trivia.
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