Schools Matter: Texas-Sized Stupidity in San Antonio

Schools Matter: Texas-Sized Stupidity in San Antonio:

Texas-Sized Stupidity in San Antonio

by Jim Horn

From the Imperfect Parent:

A Texas first grader has learned the hard way the saying “no good deed goes unpunished.”

Gareth Shand, 6, had grown his hair out over the summer with plans on eventually cutting it and donating the hair to the charity Locks of Love, which uses the hair to make wigs for cancer victims who lose their hair due to treatment.

But long hair on boys is a no-no in Gareth’s school district, and he received an in-school suspension for the infraction, according to KENS-5.

The district’s rules handbook says that boys must keep their hair “must be kept neat, clean and