Boy, 4, Chooses Long Locks and Is Suspended From Class

HOUSTON — A suburban Dallas school district has suspended a 4-year-old from his prekindergarten class because he wears his hair too long and does not want his parents to cut it.

The boy, Taylor Pugh, says he likes his hair long and curly. But on Monday night, the school board in Mesquite voted unanimously to enforce its ban on Beatles haircuts, much less anything approaching coiffures of bands like Led Zeppelin. School officials say the district’s dress code serves to limit distractions in the classroom.

No exception could be made for the pint-size rebel, who sat through the hearing with his hair in a ponytail, manifestly bored.

“It’s a trade-off,” said one board member, Gary Bingham, an insurance agent, in an interview. “Do the parents value his education more than they value a 4-year-old’s decision to make his own grooming choices?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/education/13hair.html

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

I give kudos to the parents for doing it through the channels, next stop is an appeal to the state education commissioner, rather than yelling that they're going to sue.

hair long so he could donate it to people who lose their hair from chemotherapy.

Some girls like short hair--but nobody is preventing them from cutting it.

Expecting parents to choose between education and something as silly as a haircut.

I hope this little boy's parents sue this school district for every penny they can squeeze out of them.

But what a sad ending.

Ugh.

can anyone is telling. But then again, it's Bush country, and no other explanation is necessary.

what is funny is that were I a teacher there the male teacher would be able to have hair past his shoulders but kids would not.

Anyone who disagrees must not have children.

that this would be sex discrimination?