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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Texas school board keeps ban on boy's long hair - Nation - Wire - Kentucky.com

Texas school board keeps ban on boy's long hair - Nation - Wire - Kentucky.com:


"MESQUITE, Texas -- A Texas school board has agreed to adjust its grooming policy for a 4-year-old boy whose long, flowing hair got him suspended. But his parents say it isn't enough.

Pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh has been under in-school suspension since November at Floyd Elementary School in Balch Springs near Dallas. He sits alone with a teacher's aid in the school library.

After a closed-door meeting Monday, the Mesquite school board decided Taylor could wear his hair in tight braids but keep it no longer than his ears."