Sometimes the smallest battles between parents and schools end up changing things for everyone.

So, what would you do if you were a busy parent, juggling four kids, tired of ironing stiff button-down shirts every night, and then told your choice of easier school clothes wasn’t allowed?

Would you give in and continue as usual?

Or would you find an alternative solution that’s still within the rules?

In the following story, one mom finds herself in this exact situation, and her choice makes lasting changes.

Here’s what happened.

That time my mom upended the dress code for my entire school

When I was little, my mom sent me to a private/religious school.

My family isn’t religious, but they felt like I’d get a better education there (and when I switched to public school later, I found they were right, because I was pretty far ahead).

This school had uniforms: boys wore button-down shirts with the school logo and blue slacks, and girls wore jumpers.

My mom hated cleaning and ironing these white, button-down shirts every day.

I was one of 4 kids. Kids play and get grass stains.

The shirts were taking up a lot of her time.

At the meeting, his mother asked the admin one very specific question.

Finally, she gave up and bought a bunch of white polo shirts and started sending us to school in those.

The admin had a conniption fit about it and brought her in for a meeting.

They opened the dress code rulebook and pointed out that these shirts were missing the logo, so they were in violation.

My mom looked over the rules and confirmed that the lack of a logo was the only violation.

They said yes. She thanked them and left.

The school probably thought it was over. Just to be petty, they sent a school-wide memo regarding the dress code.

My mom took every polo shirt and stitched a homemade school logo onto it. It wasn’t hard to do, as the “logo” was just the school initials.

The admin was furious, but during the next meeting, they realized their hands were tied.

Soon, other parents began to follow suit.

The memo piqued the curiosity of other parents, and they started asking my mom where she got the “new school shirts.”

Apparently, she wasn’t the only one sick of ironing and getting grass stains out. Suddenly, I wasn’t the only one wearing a polo shirt to school.

The worst part for the school was that, despite tuition being pretty expensive, they also had a kickback deal going with a local clothing store for the uniforms.

The store had a monopoly on the sale of those shirts.

When business started lagging, the store made their own version of the polos for sale. Eventually the original shirts were phased out entirely.

That was over 30 years ago, and my mom still loves telling that story.

Bravo! What a great way to think outside the box.

Let’s see what the readers over at Reddit think about this whole thing.

This person turned their blazer inside-out because it looked cooler.

For this person, school uniforms do one of two things.

Wow! How times have changed.

Here’s a person who got the handbook changed.

Bet his mom made a lot of friends after that, because the other parents must’ve loved this!

Way to go, lady.

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