Change Natural Hairstyle or Get Expelled, School Tells 12-Year-Old Girl

[dmcowen674]

11-27-2013

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/ch...-school-tells-12-year-old-girl-213351760.html

Change Natural Hairstyle or Get Expelled, School Tells 12-Year-Old Girl



A 12-year-old girl will be expelled from a Florida school unless she gets her hair under control, school officials have told her. Vanessa VanDyke, an honors student and violinist at the Faith Christian Academy in Orlando, tells WKMG that administrators have given her one week to decide whether to cut and shape her hair or leave the school, which she has attended since the third grade.



The school’s handbook includes a section on hair that says it “must be a natural color and must not be a distraction,” stating examples that include mohawks, shaved designs and rat tails.

VanDyke wears her hair in a natural African-American style, which she says she won’t change.

In September, a 7-year-old Oklahoma girl was forced to switch schools after administrators at Deborah Brown Community School, a charter school, wouldn’t let her keep her dreadlocked hair.

 

[dmcowen674]

I know there will be the usual "private school" arguments going around but this girl is wearing her hair as she is born with it.

 

[Jaskalas]

I know there will be the usual "private school" arguments going around but this girl is wearing her hair as she is born with it.

Sure... but she has a lot of it.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Parents complained that her classmate were teasing her over her hair.

She notes that fellow students have recently been teasing her about her hairstyle and it has only become an issue with the school since her family logged complaints about those incidents.

Rules state: “must be a natural color and must not be a distraction”

I guess the school deemed her hair style was a distraction (which is within their rights) as the other children were teasing the girl due to her hair style.

 

[rudeguy]

I know there will be the usual "private school" arguments going around but this girl is wearing her hair as she is born with it.

so should I be allowed to not take a shower ever and go to school that way? I mean...I was born with that stink. Its my natural smell.


Go find something else to get excited about. Isn't time to buy some vinegar or something?

 

[her209]

Not sure what the problem is.

 

[Matt1970]

You want more government. Here it is.

 

[davmat787]

Waiting on PoofyHairGuy to comment...

 

[sm625]

The school must be racist. All the more reason to fire every single administrator and revoke the massive pensions of every retired administrator in that district.

 

[waggy]

hmm her hair is kinda poofy. but i gotta admit i have seen girls with worse. It does not look that bad.

 

[Kadarin]

Her hair is awesome

 

[Newbian]

I am guessing the kid behind her can't see the blackboard.

 

[thraashman]

My only problem with her hair is that it's mo longer the 80's

 

[xBiffx]

Like thraash I have to wonder if this is really still in style.

 

[dmcowen674]

Like thraash I have to wonder if this is really still in style.

What's old is new again

 

[waggy]

I am guessing the kid behind her can't see the blackboard.

yeah i would hate to have to sit behind her.

 

[sourn]

yeah i would hate to have to sit behind her.

Not me. I love sleeping in class, and that would help hide me lol.

I hate to say this, but the parents brought this upon themselves. It probably wouldn't be an issue if the kids and parents worked it out themselves (or taught the kid how to handle being teased) rather than complain to the school about it.

 

[bshole]

My son has a good friend at his school that has his hair like this. It is really freaky.

 

[Moonbeam]

In a conservative society of long haired freaks, a girl with short hair would be seen as an anathema.

 

[mikeymikec]

so should I be allowed to not take a shower ever and go to school that way? I mean...I was born with that stink. Its my natural smell.

You think that having an unusual hair style is the same thing as having poor hygiene?

 

[TridenT]

My only problem with her hair is that it's mo longer the 80's

Same.

Outside of that, yeah, it's ridiculous, but it's a private religious school. I'm not really expecting anything that is accepting of anything but their norm.

 

[brycejones]

You want more government. Here it is.

It's a PRIVATE school. They are being idiots but you can't blame "government" for this.

 

[brycejones]

The school must be racist. All the more reason to fire every single administrator and revoke the massive pensions of every retired administrator in that district.

Good lord can you even bother to read the article hell the OP even mentions it is a private school. But go ahead rage on about public school employee pensions.

 

[TechBoyJK]

Good lord can you even bother to read the article hell the OP even mentions it is a private school. But go ahead rage on about public school employee pensions.

He was joking

 

[Scotteq]

If she shaped it into a Mullet, would that be Okay?