Texas parents, school tangle over boy's long locks

[azurnoir]

Taylor Pugh has been suspended from pre-kindergarten because he likes his hair a little on the floppy side.

The four-year-old sat with a teacher's aide in a suburban Dallas school library Wednesday while his friends played and studied together in a classroom.

"They kicked me out that place," said Taylor, who prefers the nickname Tater Tot. "I miss my friends."

Taylor's locks - long on the front and sides, covering his earlobes and shirt collar - violate the school district's dress code. He has been punished with in-school suspension since late last month.

His parents say the boy plans to eventually cut his hair and donate it to a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients. And they are not happy with the district's rules.

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I did not think schools bothered with this kind of stuff anymore

[mrcheerful]

1. Long hair freaky types need not apply is so 1960's.

But it's Texas so what can one really say or do? Nonconformists are not welcome to live in Texas, though they loudly proclaim they are about freedom, the rest of the country knows it's all BS. BTW, I lived in Dallas from 1979 to 1980 and all I have to say is I couldn't leave the state fast enough.