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By Christine Krapf

Special to the Rappahannock News

When Rappahannock County High School students opened an envelope in early August, they had three items to read.

The first, many would say, was their schedule for the upcoming 2007-08 school year.

The second came from the school’s LEO Club, which is holding a school supply drive for those students who may not have what they need to succeed in the classroom.

The third was the school’s dress code policy, which probably brought out some not-so-nice remarks from some students.

But Rappahannock County High School principal Robyn Puryear said that the dress code policy should not annoy students.

Every school where I’ve worked, we sent home the dress code policy, she added. “It was Roger’s (Mello, the former school principal) suggestion that we do this. This was in the (student) handbook last year. There are no changes. The only thing we did was clarify the width of shirt straps.”

“Ours is more relaxed than most schools,” she continued, adding that one

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