[E Rocc]

During the 60s and 70s, attempts by schools to regulate hair length were struck down because of its effects beyond school. It seems to me that this is the parent's perogative, not the school's.

[Slump Tester]

Just another example of the man keepin’ a little kid down!

[wideawake]

In the 60s and 70s, kids with crewcuts would be taunted outside of school because their hair was not in step with the general fashion of the times. Thus school rules demanding children to wear unpopular hairstyles were considered onerous.

This child's situation is the opposite - he is not being told to modify a universally popular hairstyle, but a gimmick hairstyle that was barely ever in fashion and crested in popularity a quarter-century before he was born.

The mother is a headcase, and she's messing with her kid's mind.

[TankerKC]

During the 60s and 70s, attempts by schools to regulate hair length were struck down because of its effects beyond school. It seems to me that this is the parent's perogative, not the school's.

You crazy, whacked-out liberal! /s

[YOUGOTIT]

Take him our of the anti-American government school and get a private school he can go to.

[Non-Sequitur]

...Parma Community School...

Oh what the heck.

"Moon over Parma, bring my love to me tonight.
Guide her to Cleveland, underneath your silvery light.
We’re going bowlin’ so don’t loose her in Solon. Moon over Parma, tonight!"

[AppyPappy]

It’s a school, not a freaking fashion show for self-absorbed parents and kids.

[SoftballMominVA]

Since this is a charter school, do they have the right to monitor haircuts and clothing?

[Proud_texan]

Aw, she should just claim “native American” status and bust ‘em for discrimination.

[Eaker]

This is absurd on every level.

The kid is going to be the big loser.

[kalee]

LOL I misread the title and thought he had a tomahawk. I was expecting this to be some kid playing cowboys and Indians and getting suspended for a weapon. It’s a haircut.

It’s only 8:30, it’s gonna be a LONG day.

[NavyCanDo]

The problem with a small kid doing this is other kids are so impressionable. I have a 6-year old son and I see it all the time. One kid brings a Pokeman card to school and all of a sudden a trend is started. All the kids go home and say Dad I want Pokeman Cards. One kid wears a Spiderman sweatshirt and all the other boys want one.
Pokeman cards and Spiderman sweatshirts are innocent trends that most parents can deal with, however a Mohawk is repulsive to many Parents and Grandparents who just want Johnny to have a normal haircut. I think the school is doing the right thing. If the parents want him to have a Mohawk, then let him have it during the Summer months.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The mother is the problem.

[the OlLine Rebel]

“Changing the hairstyle is not an option, she said.”

And this is a ridiculous, ludicrous, bull-headed statement.

[BigCinBigD]

Just for letting her son go out in public like that, Michelle needs to be flogged with a wet algebra book.

[vaudine]

This is an alternative school, meaning this is a child with problems already. Now, his mother is teaching him he can do whatever he wants. This hair is an attitude, and this mother is not helping her son.

And I am very critical of public education and their indoctrination as a rule.

vaudine

[uncitizen]

Kids probably a Damon Jones fan. Go Cavs!

[Hacklehead]

Freaking hippie attention whore in training.

[Scythian]

He should have been suspended, he parents must be idiots, schools don’t need this kind of distraction.

[mamelukesabre]

So why didnt the school nurse just cut the mohowk off and send him back to class?

[Ann Archy]

Michelle Barile, the mother of 6-year-old Bryan Ruda....

ANOTHER freaking TRASHY mother not married to his father it looks like!! And what kind of mother lets her kid look like a FREAK???