[Moleman]

I graduated from Southgate schools, In light of this moronic behavior, I am ashamed.
What about the blue haired librarian, should she be suspend her too??

[goodnesswins]

School is where you are SUPPOSED to learn and EXERCISE your BRAIN.....not the place where kids learn to EXPRESS themselves, IMHO......moronic parents beget moronic kids...

[JLS]

What about the blue haired librarian, should she be suspend her too??

Exactly. But this is what we get from public school administrator, rules rather than learning.

[GRRRRR]

If the school has a WRITTEN dress code PUBLISHED in the School HANDBOOK that spells out the dress code requirements for hair, nails, shirts, pants, dresses, shoes etc, then the school is in the right to hold the line on the dress code. The parents are idiots to allow their little Bolsheviks to dye their hair like this...just try to get a decent job in your 20's with purple hair and a 16p nail in your nasal septum...when will they learn??

All GOOD schools, like the PRIVATE Catholic Skool my daughter attends, ENFORCES the WRITTEN and PUBLISHED Dress Code. Adhering to the DRESS CODE is part of attending the PRIVATE SCHOOL.

Public Skools fail for this and many other reasons...T-Shirts a la Britney Spews are de riguer at PS 105...

GRRRRRRRRRRRRollin'

[Gunner9mm]

Another good reason to home school. Keeps your kids away from the whackos.

[anniegetyourgun]

"Where are our parental rights? "

Just wakin' up, mom? In a few years, they'll transport your daughter down to the local abortionist and you'll have nothing to say about it.

[caddie]

This is so priceless.

LOLOLOLOL

[Deep_6]

Kids require discipline if they are to grow into
responsible adults.

I'm always amazed at so-called conservatives, that
assume their child should not be required to conform
to any codes of behavior or dress.

In one breath, they claim that a too liberal society;
a too liberal educational system, is to blame. And
in their next breath, claim that a too strict system
is demoralizing and tyrannical.

In my opinion, there should be strict school dress
codes, as well as strict codes of conduct. If a student
does not conform, send them home. A school is
for learning, not for displaying the newest fashion rage.

 

[There, I said it and I'm glad]

 

[so_real]

I'd like to know more. This kind of feels like a "spin" article designed to gather sympathy for the poor, oppressed student. Seems to me that in general folks use their appearance to express themselves. If the blue streak in her blonde hair was designed to be outlandish, the student's behaviour is probably outlandish as well. The school may very well be attempting to curb her behaviour moreso than to critic her fashion. On the other hand, if she is a model student getting good grades and being completely non-disruptive, then the school should have it's hand-slapped. Based on the bias of the article, however, I doubt that is the case. As I said before, I'd like to know more.

[biblewonk]

One of many reasons that we homeschool our 8 kids.

[Winged Elf]

Heh.

Blue hair? They're going nuts over blue hair?!?!

I wonder how they'd react to pointed ears and wings...

[NYCVirago]

Maria Alexander, 12, returned to seventh-grade at Gerisch Middle School this week after a two-week suspension for dying blue streaks into her blond hair.

FWIW, I think the school has the right to enforce dress codes (and hair codes). That being said, a two-week suspension is excessive for coloring your hair a weird color.

[DouglasKC]

For starters, I wouldn't let my kid get her hair streaked blue. For closers, if she did and the school banned her for it, I would say "thanks" to the school and ask my daughter if it teaches her a lesson about obeying authority.

What bugs me is that parents like this are using their kids as surrogates for their own rebellion.

[Map Kernow]

Only old ladies should be allowed to have blue hair.

[mfulstone]

Dress and grooming codes have nothing to do with the constitution. What if a boy wants to express himself by never bathing? What if a girl wants to express herself by wearing a bikini to class? Kids need to do a lot less expressing and a lot more studying, judging from nationwide test results.

[ZoSo]

Alright, that's it, stick her in burqha or whatever you call it...

This is ridiculous.

[SC DOC]

What Blue Hair does to the Brain

[HamiltonJay]

SCHOOL IS A PLACE TO LEARN! Acceptable dress and attire and presentation should be maintained at all times... the school was absolutely right for sending this girl home for violating school policies, and this mother needs help.

[Tacis]

Too bad the daughter isn't a fairy son. If a little blonds faggot put two blue stripes in his hair, the school administrators would be forcing ALL students to "celebrate" the kid's faggitude.

[Osinski]

What about the blue haired librarian, should she be suspend her too??

The librarian is allowed to have blue hair. It makes her look less old. The teenager is not allowed to have blue hair. Um. She um...looks too different.

[BibChr]

Easier to understand when you get a gander at the mom:

Dan