Dear Editor: My daughter goes to the Wallace School. Last Thursday, she brought home a letter announcing a new school uniform policy. It seems that starting September, school uniforms will be mandatory in all three public schools, grades K-5.This was the first that I ever heard on the subject. The letter said that this policy is the result of the "overwhelming" requests of the parents, and the next day, a letter from the principal said, "As you are well aware, the parents of Wallace expressed a significant interest in school uniforms." Did they now? That's news to me. I was not aware of that, and quite frankly, I do not believe it. Certainly I was not among those parents requesting uniforms, nor was I expressing any interest. I am in fact quite opposed to mandated uniforms. I do not believe that a majority of parents would actually vote for uniforms if given the chance. I want to know why the parents were not given an opportunity to vote? I think it is very sneaky and extremely suspicious how this policy was rushed through by the Board of Ed at a special session on June 6, the very end of the school year, without any public discussion of which I am aware. It seems obviously timed to minimize any organized resistance. It seems that with less than a week's notice, and again the following week, the pre-selected uniform company will show the pre-selected uniforms so we can place our orders or purchase right then and there (Don't forget to bring your wallets, folks!) I greatly resent having this shoved down our throats, forced to buy maybe a couple hundred dollars worth of clothing we would not otherwise purchase, in styles and colors we would not otherwise choose. Multiply this by the several hundred students from all the schools and there is a considerable sum of money involved. I am not making any allegations, but it makes one wonder. In addition, I remain unconvinced of any benefits of mandated uniforms. These are public schools, not military, private or parochial schools. The children do not need to look like they all came out of the same cookie cutter. To set a tone of respect, a mere dress code should suffice. Disgruntled parent