Carbon County schools ban wearing pajamas at school

SARATOGA (WNE) — Pajama-wearing students will find themselves out of luck next school year. A major change for the next school year was discussed at the May 18 meeting of the Carbon County School District Number Two Board of Trustees: a ban on pajamas. 

School administrators stressed the main point of the ban is for the kids to be presentable; kids showing up to school looking like they're ready for bed isn't appropriate, they said. 

There has been a large rise in kids wearing pjs to school, and according to Hanna-Elk Mountain Junior/High School Principal Eli Hobbs, it's time for a change.

For HEM, Hobbs said, it's a small issue that's about dressing modestly and appropriately for school.

Saratoga Middle-High School Principal JD Johnson has also taken the route of banning PJs altogether. 

According to Johnson, however, his biggest worry is kids feeling singled out.

"I don't want it to feel like we're targeting the kids that wear pajamas when it's all they have," he said. "Our biggest issue is showing up to school ready to learn and wearing the right clothes for that."

This story was published on June 5, 2026. 

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