Collaborative essay

 When you first think about uniforms you would think they are very expensive. Well you're right this is why they should be free or the Board of trustees should pay for it.  A few parts on why they should be free are because not everyone can afford the uniform because they have to buy food and get all the stuff they need to survive for example clothes and shoes etc. 
 Around twenty percent of schools around Aotearoa New Zealand have to wear mufti because of parents struggling with juggling bills, medical costs and also having to buy school uniforms. If not enough parents buy the uniforms then they have to go into a non-uniform school. If a school doesn’t have uniforms they would be distracted and not focused because they would be too busy focusing on if their outfit looks good. 
 Why should school uniforms be free? I think that school uniforms should be free because there are people out there who are living on the streets struggling to keep their kids in school. By making the uniform free makes parents stress less about uniforms and they have the chance to spend that money on stationery. Also by making uniform free that makes it less of a struggle when going on school trips when in mufti your teacher could easily lose you. But when having a uniform it would be much easier to find you and track you down to bring you back to the group.

Why are schools making uniforms so expensive? The reason why they make uniforms so expensive is to fund the school and keep it up and running. Parents struggle to keep up with the uniform prices but the school struggles to keep the school running. In my opinion, they should make uniforms cheaper so their parents have the spare money to buy books and other school stuff required because students tend to not have this simple stuff which can get them into trouble sometimes. One in five children struggles to buy uniforms. Lone parents tend to have 1 or more children which can cause depression. Therefore I believe they should make school uniforms cheaper.