School named after war hero forces child to shave off military-style haircut

FoxNews.com ^ | March 26, 2015 | Todd Starnes

[Timber Rattler]

Adam Stinnett looks up to his older stepbrother – a soldier in the U.S. Army. So when it came time to get a haircut, the seven-year-old told his mother he wanted a basic military-style cut. And that’s exactly what he got – high and tight – just like his stepbrother.

Adam got his haircut on March 8. On March 9, his mother got a letter from the principal of Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary School in McMinnville, Tennessee.

It seems they were not all that thrilled with the second grader’s new hairdo. The principal told Amy Stinnett that her son’s haircut was distracting – and needed to be fixed.

[demshateGod]

People who aren’t homeschooling by now, well, I don’t want to say they deserve this, because they don’t, but come on! What are you thinking?!

[Red Badger]

The principal told Amy Stinnett that her son’s haircut was distracting – and needed to be fixed.

I'd tell that principal that he/she is stupid and needed to be 'fixed'.................

[WayneS]

“I have the utmost respect for the military and its members,” the principal wrote in an email to Amy. “However, we are not a military school and the boy’s haircut is against our rules.”

“Neither Bobby Ray Memorial Elementary, nor any school in Warren County School District, prohibits military haircuts,” the statement declares.

It appears the school's principal is a liar.

[Responsibility2nd]

But....

If the boy wanted to wear his hair in pigtails and wear a dress to school, then all would be fine.

[Red Badger]

She tried to reason with the principal – but it was a lost cause.

That was her only mistake: Trying to reason with people who are strangers to logic or reason................

[Red Badger]

I would be willing to bet that the principal was an affirmative action graduate..................

[Hoffer Rand]

Interesting they refuse to name the principal, isn’t it?

[demshateGod]

http://www.warrenschools.com/BRME/Class/266-Monti-Hillis

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He needs to be fired. Today.

[Mase]

Email:
hillism1@warrenschools.com
Principal
Monti Hillis

I just sent the principal a message telling him it's good public schools exist otherwise he'd starve to death. Feel free to send him a note.

[demshateGod]

From her homepage:

Our namesake, Robert (Bobby) Ray, was a national hero known for serving our country with bravery and honor and giving his life to preserve our freedom. While our goal is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to become lifelong learners and productive members of society, we hope to also instill that same sense of pride and service that Mr. Ray exhibited.

[Red Badger]

She..........

[demshateGod]

It’s a she.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Fire her today.

[McGruff]

“We were told that we had to either cut his hair or he could not return to school,” she said.

Amy tried to explain to the principal that her son’s haircut was meant to emulate his older brother. But her explanation was dismissed and the principal demanded that the boy’s hair be “in compliance with our rules.”

This “principal” may be getting alot more attention from this that he expected. Paging Fox News.

[Scrambler Bob]

Hey.

Makes it easy to check for lice, in today’s schools.

[nickcarraway]

What is the rule exactly?

[Reno89519]

The out-of-control principle should be publicly fired.

[riverrunner]

Back in the 60’s all the boys in grade school had butch or military style hair cuts.

By the late 60s high school boys were starting to wear their hair longer.