My daughter wears a uniform to school, and these pants are great!  She loves them!  They are extremely comfortable and still look nice after a long day of running around in the 5th grade!  I would not recommend using the size chart available from the Dickies website, however, as my daughter would have been in a size 10, when in fact she's in a size 1!!  Just go with the size you normally wear and you will be just fine.