I do believe I just took a trip in the Way Back Machine. I read the article and thought It was 1968. I repeat, what's wrong with this picture? The 4-year old kid is telling his parent's he doesn't want his hair cut. Looking down the road, mom and dad are in big, big trouble. Already he's telling them what's up. I did take note that his parents do not have the same last name. That's usually indicative of: living together in sin, smackdown feminism or being a Democrat. I seriously doubt Taylor Pugh is a distraction in school. Kids that age don't know the difference between a boy and girl. It's not until they advance to age six they start playing doctor. And poor, Ben Torres, the by-liner in this story, must really feel like he's going nowhere. Look at the story the Dallas Morning News made him cover. Hard news at it's best.
Written by Ben Torres at the Dallas Morning News:
"A suburban Dallas school district has suspended a 4-year-old from his prekindergarten class because he wears his hair too long and does not want his parents to cut it.
Taylor Pugh in the glare of the news media on Monday.
The boy, Taylor Pugh, says he likes his hair long and curly. But on Monday night, the school board in Mesquite voted unanimously to enforce its ban on Beatles haircuts, much less anything approaching coiffures of bands like Led Zeppelin. School officials say the district’s dress code serves to limit distractions in the classroom.
No exception could be made for the pint-size rebel, who sat through the hearing with his hair in a ponytail, manifestly bored.
The boy’s parents, Delton Pugh and Elizabeth Taylor, have argued that it is unfair to punish Taylor for his longish locks; it suggests, they say, that the district cares more about appearances than education.
“I don’t think it’s right to hold a child down and force him to do something,” Mr. Pugh, a tattoo artist, told The Associated Press. “It’s not hurting him or affecting his education.”
The parents rejected a compromise proposed by the board under which they would braid his hair and pin it up"
Written by Ben Torres at the Dallas Morning News:
"A suburban Dallas school district has suspended a 4-year-old from his prekindergarten class because he wears his hair too long and does not want his parents to cut it.
Taylor Pugh in the glare of the news media on Monday.
The boy, Taylor Pugh, says he likes his hair long and curly. But on Monday night, the school board in Mesquite voted unanimously to enforce its ban on Beatles haircuts, much less anything approaching coiffures of bands like Led Zeppelin. School officials say the district’s dress code serves to limit distractions in the classroom.
No exception could be made for the pint-size rebel, who sat through the hearing with his hair in a ponytail, manifestly bored.
The boy’s parents, Delton Pugh and Elizabeth Taylor, have argued that it is unfair to punish Taylor for his longish locks; it suggests, they say, that the district cares more about appearances than education.
“I don’t think it’s right to hold a child down and force him to do something,” Mr. Pugh, a tattoo artist, told The Associated Press. “It’s not hurting him or affecting his education.”
The parents rejected a compromise proposed by the board under which they would braid his hair and pin it up"
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