Hairstyle keeps girl out of Whitefish High School

The Daily Inter Lake ^ | 9/25/02 | Nancy Kimball

[Fundamentally Fair]

"We're here for education. That's our paramount duty," he said. "We're not here as a fashion store or fashion occasion. If you want to dress in an outlandish way in your own time, that's your business. That's not our business."

Is it me? It's him, right?

If "fashion" doesn't concern him, why is he so worried about this girl's "fashion"? He's chasing his own tail.

P.S. I think she looks pretty fine.

[homeschool mama]

**I was a teen in the 80s. No matter what how much people want to laugh at the fashions of the decade, girls did look like girls, back then. Alas, that was before the age of grunge. **

You young thing you. :o)

Yes, the 80's fashions were scary (I wore them...was in my 20's and 30's during that time)...they were ugly then and they're ugly now. But you're right in that you *could* determine who the girls were. :o)

[EggsAckley]

You think she looks good? Well, so do I! In a weird sort of way, that is. I certainly DO NOT support these stupid "looks Nazis" at her school.

But there might be more to the story. "her mother, PeTina Lanegan." "Kisteesha Lanegan." What kind of names are THESE? Who names their children with these kind of names? There is something strange going on here.

[homeschool mama]

Matted dog hair. Good description. :o)

In my opinion, this gal is seeking individuality and perhaps a bit of attention. If she spent as much time on her studies as her appearance maybe her grades would come up from C's/D's to A's/B's.

As I said earlier, she's a pretty young girl...it's just that hair.

[homeschool mama]

** "her mother, PeTina Lanegan." "Kisteesha Lanegan."**

Could it be the mother is the offspring of 60's love children?

[RightOnline]

What a twit...............(I'll leave it to the reader to decide about whom the aforementioned appellation is intended)

[ladylib]

Obviously, they are very unusual people. So unusual, in fact, that they shouldn't be overly interested in government schools. Homeschooling might be the answer for them.

[ladylib]

Several years ago, a school forbade dreadlocks because they said the kids could use them as weapons -- knocking out fellow students and teachers with a mere shake of the head. This type of crap is what makes people despise public schools and the ninnies who run them.

[BRK]

I figure it like this. If this is the worst thing this girl does, then it is wise to overlook it. Besides, I kinda like the look.

How does one make 'dreadlocks" anyway??

[steveo]

Yeah that hair makes her look too much like a Negro. Don't want white girls looking like Negros do we? Especially ganja smoking Negros, right? gimmieabreak.

So how many of us fellow freepers chose to wear their hair long when we were CHILDREN? If we did, remember how bad it p'offd the adults back then? I don't get enough information about this person from the story to condemn her or her parents. No spikes, no weird colors, no piercing. Anyone who went through 12 years with an Ivy League haircut and wore tucked in plaids you can complain; otherwise shaddup.

[Rocksalt]

I think people should have the freedom to look however they want,including this girl. Is she hurting anyone? I don't think so. If her behavior is decent I say leave her alone. There's bigger problems to worry about.Just because I don't like the way you look,I should'nt have the right to make you change.There is no profanity involved,nothing threatening.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

While Kisteesha Lanegan's remaining high school career may come down to an issue of semantics...

Oh.

Were I to had done the same thing as Ms. Kisteesha when I was in high school, my 'remaining anything' would only have come after mom and dad opened up the 'can-o-whoop-a$$' until I straightned my act up. Pronto.

[ladylib]

You would sue them and lose. Judges bend over backwards for idiotic school officials today.

[rdb3]

She has dreads. What's the problem with that?

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

(Off topic, but I have to...

"Kisteesha"??)

[MinuteGal]

The hair is only the exterior problem. This girl is rebellious and an attention seeker. Probably is also fishing around for an attorney who'll take a third in a law suit.

She's probably already received a phone call from Connie Chung.

The mother (no father mentioned, as usual) has already lost control of her child, and now she (and some here) want the school to lose control of its students.

I'll bet the lice are already infesting the bed she sleeps in.

Even the ACLU didn't wanna touch this one.

Leni

[carmody]

"I miss seeing all the people I used to see at school, and just having something to do and being there. I don't miss all the teachers and the system, but I do want to go back. I want them to say I can come back to school."

Interesting. She doesn't refer to 'friends'. She misses 'people' she used to see at school. And apparently she wants to go back because she's bored. And the last sentence really means: I'm not letting them win.

I feel sorry for her. She thrives on attention by being an irritant. The article doesn't mention a father. I bet there is none.

[ctdonath2]

I think her hair is rather nice and relatively modest. No reason to toss her out of school.

THIS, however:

[Arkinsaw]

You would sue them and lose. Judges bend over backwards for idiotic school officials today.

Sometimes. But remember the school officials who had to back off and take Constitutional law classes? LOL. They took down some photos of Operation Enduring Freedom from a guys locker for "safety" reasons. You know, some Arab student might not like it and it might cause a fight therefore....no free speech. It didn't pass muster.