Conformity in the Classroom - Kindergartner Suspended for Mohawk

The Associated Press printed a news story today about a kindergarten student in Ohio who was suspended for his Mohawk haircut.

Apparently, this is his third violation — the school maintains that his mother received fair warning to comply with dress code regulations. According to the mother, however, this is simply a case of discrimination. She originally sent him to school with spiked hair. As the school had a problem with that, the mother has since left it flat. Upon a recent hair cut, the school opted for disciplinary action.

The school code states, “prohibiting students dress or grooming practices include those which … materially interfere with school, work, create disorder, or disrupt the educational program.”

Check out his haircut and judge for yourself. Haircut Suspension

This is ridiculous. To amplify the issue, the school didn’t even bother to mention specifics about what was wrong with the haircut or what measures the mother should take to make things right — only that it’s disruption to class.