@kcgreyhound 106954 wrote:
I posted earlier that I was a teacher who was afraid of getting a full sleeve. Our district does not have a policy in place, but I certainly don’t see anything that bold on our staff members. So, I decided to write to the superintendent to get his blessing, if you will, before being relegated to hiding under long-sleeve shirts for the rest of my career.
Yesterday, he responded, and the word is good. Our district doesn’t have a no-visible-tattoo policy in place by design. He said that the cabinet specifically left it that way because it’s not “their business” to get into teacher lives. He also said that as long as tattoos are appropriate, he had no problem with them. He further offered that he strongly preferred that tattoos remain in places that could be covered by traditional clothing at times that might be deemed appropriate in dealing with some members of the public.
Bottom line, with this blessing, I’m now beginning an earnest search for the right tattoo artist to assist me with my sleeve idea. I’m pretty damn stoked, and I’m grateful I work in a place where it’s a non-issue.
P.S. I should have known it’s a non issue, since I’ve worn 0g ear plugs and a labret for the past 14 years, but I thought “better safe than sorry.”
Hi there. I see your in the Kansas City, MO area and I live in the St Louis, MO Metro area (Illinois side).
I grew up in Rural Southern Illinois and then went into the Army where I started getting my first couple of tattoos back in 1990-91 time frame. I lived in South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia – very conservative states.
When I got out of the Army in Virginia I went to school for an IT degree and worked for such a conservative company that women couldn’t even wear pants to work. Dresses, suits with skirts and stockings at all times were required. I could not wear anything less than 3/4 length sleeves year round and couldn’t even wear capris or short sleeved shirts to happy hour or company picnic due to the conservative nature of said company.
I have since moved back to the Midwest and find Missouri and Illinois to be a LOT more open and lenient to these things. I am now working as a regional IT manager for a scrap metal company and work at the Corporate level. NO one says anything about my piercings or tattoos and I display them boldly and proudly when I wear a shirt that they would show.
