Student banned over dyed hair
A 7th-grader has been kicked out of school for dyeing her hair blonde.
A straight-A student has been banned from a junior high school in Lubbock, Texas. Her offense? Dyeing her hair partially blond.
Watasha Houston dyed her daughter’s hair a couple of weeks ago. This week, when Neices, a 7th-grader at Seagraves Junior High, showed up for class with her new ‘do, she was turned away.
"She gets up this morning, gets ready to go to school; she's not allowed to go to her class again," Houston told Lubbock's KCBD.
Superintendent Dr. Kevin Spiller explained that the Seagraves Independent Student Handbook prohibits “hair coloring or bleaching for the purpose of creating extreme differences in color.” Spiller contends that Neices is in “violation of the dress code.”
Neices explains the irony of the situation:
“I waited two years to dye my hair, and I had to earn it [with] my grades.”
Houston says her daughter has “been shunned, she’s been discriminated." Spiller says the school district works with parents in situations like these, giving students a timeline for returning back to class. But so far, Houston isn't giving in. She refuses to dye her daughter's hair back.
"It's not hurting anybody but it's killing her not to be able to walk into a classroom and get her work done because in the long run she's gonna be behind … because of her hair?"
****I had hot pink hair, orange hair, purple hair, red, blonde and brown, I am a National Honor Society Student too! I don't think the school allowing children to even express themselves with such a simple thing, hair color, and this girl said she got to dye it because she GOT good grades! I love my hot pink hair and it was in the yearbook too for my class picture. My principal and teachers love it because it makes me UNIQUE, what is wrong with that??
****my thought. you tell me.
