Pink cancer hair student suspended

If we always followed rules, we would still be a British Colony. Public schools are just that, public, people forget that the idiots running them are public servants who couldn't survive in the private sector if there lives depended on it. Parents should have the final say with the rules, I hope she sues and makes a lot of money.

On another note with a lot of these stories you never hear how they end. I'm in the Son's of Confederate Veterans and when kids get in trouble for wearing a Confederate Flag, the majority of cases end with the kid getting a nice apology and a very large check from the school system, but the media never reports that.

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Hell the schools should focus more on teaching kids to read, write, do math, spell, and speak english. they are way over their heads as it is, why bother some little girl who is paying tribute to her dead father. If pink hair is distracting, how interesting are the teachers and the format they are using to dissimilate information.

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Ugh. This is sickening. I've had hair every colour of the rainbow - when I was outside of school. During school, it has to be au naturale. So lame. I dyed my hair with on stripe of pink and they threatened me with so much garbage. This isn't the 1800s, it's 2008, it's just hair colour...and it's OUR hair. Officials need to try and stop dictating our lives. :-/

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I agree with the poster who said she was told not to do it again the first time (end of school year) when it was just pink streaks. Now it's a full head of pink hair at the start of the school year. Hmm, who has the distraction problem? The school trusted her, now she and her mother are just untrustworthy, defiant, and have no respect for others. Now, it doesn't seem sincere anymore, just a kid trying to take a mile after being given an inch. Okay, ma'am, you made your tribute. Get a pink wig and wear it outside of school if you really need to make your statement. In the summer, shave your head in solidarity with cancer patients. Get the classmates, teachers, etc. to join a walk or something more constructive. The first time it was charming. The hair dyeing thing doesn't impress anymore because it is an act of rebellion which is the very same purposeful distraction that the school is trying to avoid in the first place.

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Go figure another bunch of ignorant administrators. Having been around the bachelor degree education curriculum (as a professor) it's no surprise we find administrators with mental deficiencies. The education curriculum at some universities is basically watered down high school.

Hey, I have a great idea for this group of administrators! Why don't we next week tell students in class their peers died in auto accidents over the weekend from drunk drivers. While we inflict trauma on the innocent, non-drinking students we'll prove a point this group of individuals already understand. If nothing else, they will get some fame (oops, infamy).

Am I surprised a student has been suspended for something as silly as expression? No. What would surprise me would be an education system that actually educated.

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I am a teacher and can understand the distraction issue. However, pink hair is not a huge distraction. We have kids with mohawks, spikes, piercings, etc. As a teacher and a parent, you have to pick and choose your battles. This does not seem like one worth fighting over. The other side of it is that she was told not to wear it again and she did. That is defiance. Maybe the administration had a silly rule and were unreasonable but once she was told not to, she should have abided by the rule, or fought to change it in a better way. I feel that we are not necessarily getting the whole story here.

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r u serious??????? this shows just how corrupt the public school system is. dont teachers have better things to do than tell kids that dying hair is a distraction??? makeing that against the rules is like saying that kids pay attention teachers and "learn" really its just memorizing. Kids usaully learn 5% of what they are taught at school. I'm not anti-education Im just anti-school

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I think everyone in the whole school should dye their hair pink!!!

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break the rules, do the time!

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there are a great deal worse things to do yes it was against the rules but come on my grand daughter goes to school with kids in Goth, every color hair doesnt affect their grades and THAT IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND SHE ISNT DOING DRUGS

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The schools are getting out of hand with trying to take away parental rights. I guess they would prefer her out there getting high where they can hide it by the child not coming to school and just call it truancy. This poor girl isn't doing nothing wrong but honoring her father, they need to be more sensative to what she is going through then what people might say about the school district. The school needs to understand that this may be the way she is handling the loss of her father. I thing the people that suspended her need to take a course on sensativity to deal with issues that they are going to face when dealing with the public, be it children, teens or adults.

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Oh wake up in the real world people! Here in America, we are all individuals, and what has happened in this country, that everyone has to look the same, act the same, express the same views as everyone else? What about striving to be different, expressing individulaity and creativity? We like to claim diversity, but why would we squash everything that is different and wonderful about our children. Kids are not distracted by the way others dress at school or what color their hair is ADULTS are!!!! Someday those children will be out on their own, and will have to realise that all people are different, so lets let them see it now and stop sheltering them from stupidity. How about we focus on education for a change, teach my children, don't be the dress code police!!!!!

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I think schools that have those rules are just creating more problems for themselfs. I actually did have pink hair in the 7th grade and i dont think half the people even noticed. I even continued dyeing my hair in high school and the principle liked it and my hair was used a lot for probability and ratios at my school so it gave kids a hands on look on how it works. So these people who think dyeing kids hair is distracting, WHO CARES! it falls out anyway or grows out.

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While I do understand the mother & daughter wanting to honor the father, there are many other ways that they can do that. The next time a cancer run comes up, they could organize a group to run in his honor. Organize their own fundraiser in his name. Buy a book for the local library & donate it in his name. We have a large school district, & if every student did as they pleased, there would be something just short of chaos. Rules are made to keep order so that teachers can do what they are there to do, teach. The mother is not helping her daughter to learn that there will be many rules in life that she may not care for, but that are there for good reason. Poor parental guidance.

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Okay, weird hair doesn't distract me, peircings, black lipstick, etc. In fact my Goths were the best behaved, most respectful and not in a BS way. BUT! They saved the full Goth look for off-campus. They followed the dress code to the letter. Hair, clothes, jewelry and make-up was toned down for school. It was great to see them later at a restaurant or the mall totally done. But! This was AFTER school. No one ever told this girl not to be herself nor to honor her father's memory. She should look for other ways. It looks like they just want to be stubborn and get their way even if she gets tired of pink hair, she'll keep dyeing it anyway just to be defiant. Is this really the kind of adult the mother wants to create? Mom, head the warning: you get what you paid for. As far as distraction, some kids might actually barf if they see something they don't expect to see. In this day of ADHD and autism, you never know how kids will react to anything. She might get bullied, no dates, friends might avoid her. Think about it.

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since when did coloring your hair = being an adult? Mark, leave the poor kid alone and learn how to spell! (ridiculous)

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