My school is sort of subtley trying to kill the goth look.... I can no longer wear my goggles, but they let me do the eyebrows. They don't flat out say "Redneck good, Goth bad!" but they do the "distraction" theorum thing. We aren't allowed to show our shoulders. They say distracting, so guess if you have seniority over the rule you luck out. My friend gets to keep his signature "Johnny The Homicidal Maniac" hair, and you're allowed to wear bondage pants, which I think is funny since they make such a big deal about "sexual innuendos"
(in this case what they don't know doesn't hurt us). However, they will not let people wear big black eyeliner circle or black lipstick (I'm not a fan of the stuff, but it's still about choice), fishnet (sheer clothing of any kind), any type of non-religious headgear (which is annoying when you wake up, make an outfit based around a spiffy pinstriped fedora and then remember you can't wear it), spikes, chains, ripped clothing, coats that fall below the thigh, and boys can't wear skirts. I don't see why not! Some of my straight, non-gothic, male friends just feel like wearing skirts! Besides, there's nothing wrong with being gay or gothic >.< One day last year I almost got in trouble for wearing a pretty frilly EGL dress, but one administrators was really nice and reasonable, and even asked me if it was some sort of style. This year The most "goth" thing I've worn was a pair of vynil pants an no one really got angry... but getting really dressed up at school just doesn't seem worth much anymore, so I just save my favorite clothes for the weekend. At least they wont get worn out that way. Eh, that's my peice.