hoppyfrog
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http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/07/arocha_versus_needville_isd.php
13 July 09
The six month battle between the Needville Independent School District and an Apache family seemed to be over after a federal judge ruled in January that the school district has to let 5-year-old Adriel Arocha attend regular classes, despite his long, braided hair...
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Needville permits girls to wear their hair long and in exposed braids, so any claim that long, braided hair is per se dangerous or unhygienic is facially inconsistent with the grooming policy itself...
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I am stunned that a public school district in this day would think it's okay to force a child not to wear long, braided hair. Unbelieveable.
Hoppy
13 July 09
The six month battle between the Needville Independent School District and an Apache family seemed to be over after a federal judge ruled in January that the school district has to let 5-year-old Adriel Arocha attend regular classes, despite his long, braided hair...
and
Needville permits girls to wear their hair long and in exposed braids, so any claim that long, braided hair is per se dangerous or unhygienic is facially inconsistent with the grooming policy itself...
more at link
I am stunned that a public school district in this day would think it's okay to force a child not to wear long, braided hair. Unbelieveable.
Hoppy