Officials for Duval County Public Schools addressed concerns about the district’s uniform policy during a press conference held at district headquarters on Wednesday, which came after several parents voiced complaints regarding how uniform violations at Westside High School were being handled.

At the event, Timothy Simmons, the regional superintendent of high schools and alternative schools, spoke for about 10 minutes, discussing how a school’s uniform policy is created, steps schools can take when a student’s attire doesn’t align with its policies, and addressing claims that certain staff members had been examining tags on students’ clothes to ensure they were compliant.

On the latter point, Simmons stated that no district or school policy instructs staff members to check the tags of a

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