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A War On School for Hair

A War On School for Hair

Closed — 26 supporters Verified

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Demara G.
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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 3 months ago
Our hair color is our choice, what gives the school the legal right to control this? It is legal for a school to enforce a dress code upon students, but our hair is not an article of clothing. It's a part of us. Schools are becoming more and more like a prison slowly taking away our constitutional rights. As of April 1st we have 442 signatures from people signing in person. We've been working for a week so far. This is a great start, but obviously not enough to change the mind of our super intendant. So now we're turning to the internet for help. It'll only take a second to sign and every signature helps once we reach our goal we will go to the super intendant and see if he'll reconsider this rule and if he argues we'll ask for a vote on this. Thanks in advanced. :)

Updates

April 8, 2012

The stories shared by students about how these restrictions affect their personal expression have been deeply moving to read. This feedback confirms that the issue is about much more than just color as it touches on our fundamental right to individual identity.

April 8, 2012

Reaching this level of support confirms that many of you feel the same deep frustration regarding how we express ourselves. This momentum is a sign that our perspective on personal autonomy is shared by a much larger community than I originally imagined.

3 Comments

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Dylan Pearson
14 years ago Featured

so stupid. they spend more time policing what color hair we have than actually teaching us anything useful. get a grip.

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Jessica Sinclair
14 years ago Featured

it is just hair color. its not like it stops us from learning algebra. ridiculous rule.

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Mark Castro
14 years ago Featured

MY DAUGHTER SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPRESS HERSELF. SCHOOLS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT EDUCATION NOT CONTROL. LET THEM BE THEMSELVES!

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