Taylor Pugh, a pre-kindergartner in Balch Springs, Texas has been serving an in-school suspension for the past month due to the length of his hair. The school district has a strict dress code policy and requires all students to abide by it. The policy states boys hair must be above the ear and neck.
Taylor’s parents are outraged that they have suspended their child for something that isn’t harming any other child. His father, Delton Pugh, feels the district is “more concerned about his hair than his education. I don’t think it’s right to hold a child down and force him to do something … when it’s not hurting him or affecting his education.”
I must agree with the parents on this one. The boy is not harming anymore and has good intentions to eventually cut his hair and donate the locks to a cancer program that makes wigs for patients. It is crazy that they would make him sit in isolation for something like this. He isn’t harming anyone. He isn’t wearing distracting clothing or anything gang related. I don’t understand how this district can make a little boy sit by himself because he won’t cut his hair.
Another boy has been suspended after wearing skinny jeans to school. The student was in the seventh grade. After the suspension, his parents decided to do home school instead. I completely agree with this. Luckily my kids are in a district that allows them to wear a variety of clothing and won’t suspend a student for something so small. While my kids can’t wear logos or shirts with any pictures on them, it isn’t too difficult to find clothing that is solid colored, striped or whatever. As long as their pants are not full of holes and are clean, there isn’t really an issue. I couldn’t imagine a boy getting kicked out for skinny jeans. They are becoming more and more popular and more boys will be wearing them. The district should realize that fashions change, hair styles change and they must be flexible or they will push all of their students out of the school system.
