The 2025-2026 school year at Fort Worth Country Day has brought about many new rules, new regulations, and a new normal. This includes the cell phone ban, the games in the US Commons, the (now repealed) front office candy ban, and the teachers’ classrooms being locked during lunch—to name a few.

For a shake-up (because FWCD isn’t difficult enough already), new regulations have been announced by the school’s administration. They have declined to comment on the reasons behind these new rules. Find the list below: 

1. All music will be banned on campus except for lo-fi study beats—to dissuade distractions. The only non-lo-fi music allowed is for theater classes, performances, or music needed for the Music History or AP Music Theory curriculum. Any students caught listening to distracting music will receive an immediate detention. Teachers and faculty have the right to check what students are listening to at any time.
2. No AirPods or wireless headphones will be allowed. All headphones must have wires so that faculty and staff can see when/if students are listening to music and enforce the only lo-fi music rule. This will also prevent disrespect in the classrooms. 
3. Girls’ nails must be painted in school colors, cannot have any fake tips, and cannot be longer than fingertip length. Nails must look natural and uniform, but they can be regular polish, gel, or dip. They can only be red, navy, white, black, or grey. Red nails must be OPI Candy Apple Red. Navy nails must be OPI Midnight Mantra. Greys may vary. If they are the wrong color, nail polish remover and tools will be available at the office for girls to use. After removal, a detention must be served. 
4. All girls have to have their hair up in a ponytail with a FWCD plaid bow. The bows will be sold at Flynn O’Hara in a three-pack and must be worn at all times, even on dress-down days. If hair is not tied up with the proper bow, it will be a uniform violation, and an infraction will be awarded.
5. All class presidents who drive must have a blow-up falcon that comes out of their car that caws when they enter campus. Upon election, they will receive the blow-up falcon that they must install in their cars for the next school year. It will audibly produce a cawing noise when on campus. Failure to install will result in position removal. 
6. All teachers must give their students an orange or other piece of fruit at the start of 1st period, which all students are required to eat. Because of parent complaints that there is too much access to sugar on campus, everyone must eat fruit to counteract these complaints. 
7. All jumpers, skirts, and shorts must be at least knee length because of complaints that knees are distracting to the opposite gender. Leggings will still be acceptable under skirts and jumpers. If bottoms are not the appropriate length, it will be a uniform violation, which will result in an infraction.
8. On every teacher’s birthday, they must perform a vocal solo in front of the whole school at announcements. Instead of the students serenading the staff member with the “Happy Birthday” song, they will be required to serenade the students. 
9. The cafeteria will now only be serving raw chicken; all students will have to fry their own chicken. This is to prevent any liabilities with Sage not cooking the chicken enough. All students and faculty will be able to grab their uncooked chicken from the hot line and then must wait in line to fry their chicken in the newly-installed fryers. 
10. To become a healthier campus, all students must start counting their calories. Students must download an application on their laptops and track everything they eat, including during school hours. This is in an effort to promote health and physical betterment.

These new regulations will go into effect at the start of the fourth quarter as a way to test them out without the added pressure of a new school year. However, these are trial rules, and they will most likely end up with changes or additions to them at the start of the new school year.