Texas Parents Battle School Over Son's Long Hair
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Posted: 3:26 PM Dec 16, 2009
Texas Parents Battle School Over Son's Long Hair
The parents of a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student nicknamed "Tater Tot" are battling a suburban Dallas school's decision to segregate their son because his long locks violate the district dress code.
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BALCH SPRINGS, Texas —

The parents of a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student nicknamed "Tater Tot" are battling a suburban Dallas school's decision to segregate their son because his long locks violate the district dress code.

Taylor Pugh again found himself facing in-school suspension on Wednesday. The Mesquite school district is keeping Taylor in the library apart from his classmates because his floppy hair falls in his eyes and extends below his earlobes and shirt collar. All are violations of the district dress code.

But Taylor's parents say they won't cut his hair, even after they said the school principal threatened to permanently suspend their son from school. They say Taylor likes his hair long, and that he plans to donate it to a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 16, 2009 at 05:09 PM

One of the unwritten purposes of our education system is to push conformity on children. Kids that are smart and get bored with the work or think outside of the box are labeled ADHD and get drugs. Mediocrity is the norm.
Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 16, 2009 at 04:21 PM

Don't they have better things to do with their time than to alienate a child because he doesn't look like the other kids? What are we teaching our children?
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