My Middle school was required, HS was optional But STRONGLY encouraged, If you "smelled" bad you would be send to the nurse, then send for a shower after being told why u need one. So most guys showered ..
My HS had a School Two Color Reversal T shirt, was more or less the Required (Some what) Uniform, Shorts where yours, IF you forgot your School T, they would have cheap cotton over pennies you could put over your shirt. I think you lost one point per time if the two sided shirt was needed and you had to use the pennies, But doubt it was done, PE Teachers would post on the locker room door that the two sided were required for that class (You could also grab one out of the Lost and Found most of t…
In College now, When I was Middle School and HS it started at 7:50am , MS ended ends at 2p, HS at 2:10p The Middle Schools were next to the HS's so the MS just released just before the HS, (MS and HS used the same buses, MS'er got a few minute head start for the bus / pickup line)