You may remember that Sassy (my 14-y/o) tangled with the school administration a few months ago over her hair color. Well, we finally have resolution: the school board has officially changed the policy and will no longer outright forbid “un-natural” hair color. Instead, the schools will focus on someone’s hair if it proves to be a “distraction.” Fair enough, to my mind - cool!

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Take a look at Sassy’s latest hair color…this is (IIRC) her fourth or fifth different color of the summer.

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Over at my GreaterFalls site, I’m dealing with the issue of my daughter being sent home from school for having purple streaks in her hair. Not an isolated incident, apparently — there are several middle-schoolers each year who go through this. The argument from the school, of course, is that “un-natural” hair colors are (a) distracting, and (b) might be indicative of gang activity and/or membership. We might be headed to the School Board meeting on Monday evening to raise the issue, but in the meantime, I’d like to know if any of you folks have dealt with something like this in your community.

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