Board Thread:Dangan Ronpa Wiki Updates/@comment-33561080-20161002091508/@comment-30159703-20161009161216

ScatteredHope wrote: Well, maybe they enrolled in their previous high schools for a short period. Also, what uniforms? I guess it is possible that Hope's Peak Academy's semester starts in the summer or fall. In the games, when Hajime and then when Makoto start at Hope's Peak, there aren't any cherry blossoms in bloom, suggesting it may not be late April. So that way, the students have spent a quarter or so attending their local high school before receiving their acceptance to Hope's Peak and making the transfer.

I guess that would also explain why many of them are wearing other high school's uniforms on the first day of class. Toko, Sayaka, Taka, Sakura, Chihiro, Yasuhiro, Hajime, Ibuki, Peko, Chiaki, and Mahiru are all wearing school uniforms. Going back and reading some, I'm realizing that it never states these are specifically for high schools. However, the wiki does say that the uniforms on the students of the Gifted Inmates Academy are from high schools. Not that it affects Hope's Peak, so take from that what you will.