[Hemingway's Ghost]

And choosing that school (mom had a choice) she said, “Yes, I will abide by the rules you set.”

Did the school have a rule expressly forbidding the mohawk haircut?

[netmilsmom]

It doesn’t matter.

If today the administration says everyone must wear a red rose, the parents agree, by choosing to send their child there, to do it.

Otherwise, they can send their child back to the district school.

Twenty other kids with red roses are waiting to get in there.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

I would guess that they did (I have seen some fairly strict hair cut ‘codes’ relative to sports’ teams my kids have been on). Now would a skilled, intelligent journalist (oxymoron any one?) research that and insert same into his article?