Itasca School suspends 12-year-old boy for long hair

[sarahmichigan]

Itasca School suspends 12-year-old boy for long hair

Well, that's complete double-standard bullshit. Are they going to start sending girls home for wearing slacks next?

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[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Only if they play sports, because then they'll be too butch.

I will say that I went to a Catholic School and they would have done the same, but NO facial hair and short hair were part of the dress code/uniform. I wore a jacket and tie throughout high school. So if it was a uniform thing, I'd get it.

It ain't.

[scien.livejournal.com]

I live in the UK, where most schools have uniforms, and I've never heard of this kind of rule. Lots of my male friends had long hair. I don't think this would be any more acceptable as part of a uniform.

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

American parochial schools have always placed restrictions on facial and long hair. Clean shaven and short hair.

Military schools also.

Still do.

That's generally not considered out of bounds. You know that going in. This was "sprung" on this kid.

[zoe-1418.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's bullshit all right. Makes Texas seem like an even more scary place...

[wednes.livejournal.com]

How sad.
Teenagers get enough shallow bullshit from their peers without the school heaping it on too.

In a public school, things like that shouldn't be left up to the arbitrary whims of the school board. If something doesn't interfere with learning or well-being (okay, that's subjective, but people should be able to use reason and logic here), it's NOT a school matter.

When I was in high school, a gay male student got sent home from school for wearing stretchy black pants with a long T-shirt over it...basically something you'd see in a Wham! video. It was absurd, and his suspension was a lot more distracting and sensational than the actual outfit.

[sylo-tode.livejournal.com]

It's Itasca Middle School, in Texas.

If he hadn't cut his hair in two years, were they waiting for it to hit his shoulders before even saying anything about it? I think the family has a good lawsuit on their hands.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

Heh, I knew it wasn't local, just had a brain fart while typing. It's fixed now.

[sylo-tode.livejournal.com]

I figured that's what happened.

You seem to value accuracy, so I thought I'd mention it.

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

In Texas everything is bigger. Even the turkeys.

[hesperssphere.livejournal.com]

he could be hiding knives or guns in there!