Student Not Allowed on Campus Due to Haircut

Posted: Jan 31, 2008 11:12 PM EST

Student Not Allowed on Campus Due to Haircut









Officials with the Lafayette Parish School Board say a 14 year old boy who is sporting an unusual haircut will not be allowed to return to school until he conforms to board policy. But as it turns out the haircut wasn't the boys idea it was his mothers way of trying to enforce discipline.

"I cut his hair as a discipline tool. It's a bad haircut for bad behavior." That's what Laura Jones says her son Deontraye McLennan needs and deserves. Especially after he brought home a report card that she says is just as bad as his haircut.

The haircut was so bad, Deontraye decided to skip school because he was embarra**c*ated. But the defiant 14 year-old didn't just go home. He hitchhiked from Carencro to Palmetto which is about 35 miles away.

He even bought a stolen scooter from a stranger to help him make the trip to a family member's house. But once his mom found him safe and sound Jones went to Carencro middle school to see about Deontraye skipping class.

And that's when Jones says administrators told her that this is unacceptable and action would be taken against the haircut. Since Jones was told her son's haircut was extreme, she was directed to the school's handbook and administrators say what's in the handbook will be strictly enforced.

According to the handbook, designs shaven into the head are not permitted. Deputy Superintendent Katherine Landry says the student will not be allowed in school until he complies.

Regardless of what happens from this point, Deontraye says the embarra**c*ating haircut has changed his attitude. School Board Leaders say the Principal's actions were correct in handling the situation.

Right now, the case is being appealed to interim Superintendent Brunel Lemoine.






..YU TINK MI WOULDA GUH SCHOOL WID MI HAIR A LOOK SO? NO SAH  

-- Edited by DJ OP at 12:10, 2008-02-07