<p>Kindergarten kids can get suspended for a haircut?</p>
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<p>Stupid. The disruption caused by the haircut usually lasts a day (if that) and then the other kids are used to it.</p>
<p>THIS is what they are going to worry about?!</p>
<p>I teach in an elementary school and every spring a dozen or so boys from grades k-6 come in to school sporting a Mohawk. Nobody even blinks.</p>
<p>Given the way the quotes are presented, with clearly ungrammatical statements, I can’t help but wonder if there was a class issue superimposed on the [dumb, imo] hairstyle policy.</p>
<p>It seems odd that anyone would object when employees of a generally-considered-respectable organization show similar hairstyles in videos intended for public viewing (starting around 0:46 of the video in the following link).</p>
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<p>A mohawk is a weapon.</p>
<p>Didn’t seem to hold back Bobak Ferdowsi. </p>
<p>Such stupidity.</p>
<p>Are there really such dopes among the adults whom run our elementary schools?</p>
<p>I agree with everyone, except I also think the kid’s parents are stupid.</p>
<p>I agree with everyone, except I also think the kid’s parents are stupid.</p>
<p>I agree.</p>
<p>Nodding head in agreement with Hunt and mom2collegekids.</p>
<p>I’m wondering why you think so.</p>
<p>We get kids with mohawks all the time at the school where I work.</p>
<p>Having said that, plenty of schools have dress codes and grooming codes. If your child’s school has one, the sensible thing is to know what it is and either stay within it, or talk to administration before sending your child in in violation of them. In this case, I’d want to know what the dress code said before siding totally with the parent.</p>
<p>Parents are stupid because they should be aware of the rules and chose not to follow them, subjecting their kid to suspension.</p>
<p>The rule might be stupid, but it is the rule. We can’t decide which ones to follow and which to ignore (but I WANT to drive the wrong way on a one way street…).</p>
<p>Fight to change the rule by appealing to the school board before you subject your 5 year old to suspension.</p>
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<p>What rule are you referring to? The school officials deemed the haircut too distracting because of the attention the other students gave this kid. Anyway these are 5 year old kids for gods sake. And if this was in middle school and/or high school it would be fine (usually…).</p>
<p>our educators are going to the dogs</p>
<p>Suspending him has obviously caused more of a distraction than the haircut ever would have! </p>
<p>What I find even more sad than this ridiculous decision is the terrible grammar quoted in the article.</p>
<p>cortana431 - no, not usually. There is not one high school in my area that allows mohawks, no matter what the age.</p>
<p>Is the rule stupid? Perhaps.</p>
<p>But it’s a rule. So why would the parents put their kid through all this by just disregarding the rule?</p>
<p>The child is 5. Exactly. He’s at the mercy of his parents, who are hopefully teaching him that sometimes there are rules. You can question the rules and get the rules changed, but until they’re changed you are supposed to follow the rules as long as they don’t hurt anyone.</p>
<p>He has all summer to wear his cool mohawk. Just like my kids wore their spaghetti straps, shorts mid-thigh and flip flops in the summer (also not allowed in school).</p>
<p>What they are calling suspension, it appears, is they sent him home until the haircut was taken care of.</p>
<p>That wording is so vague. I had very, very long hair throughout all of my schooling. Down to my waist except when I’d cut it off for charity every few years. Classmates used to play with my hair because it was so long. Is that “distracting”?</p>
<p>And they’re 5! They get distracted by tin foil.</p>
<p>LOL - True, romanigypsyeyes! </p>
<p>Yes, the wording is vague. The wording in our district is, “extreme hairstyles or colors that cause distraction to the learning environment”</p>
<p>And further:</p>
<p>“If the principal determines that a student’s grooming or clothing violates the school’s dress code, the student will be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school. If not corrected, the student will be assigned to in-school suspension for the remainder of the day, until the problem is corrected, or until a parent or designee brings an acceptable change of clothing to the school. Repeated offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.”</p>
<p>So if it’s a haircut, style or color, what I’ve seen done is they call the parents and inform them of the problem. The parent can come get the child and correct the problem right away, or the child can be placed in in-school suspension. At the end of the day the kid will not be allowed to return to school until the hair is fixed.</p>