Parents sue school over haircut policy

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Good post Joe. We have many team rules because we want the team to present an image. At our high school you show up with your pants 1/2 way down your back side, they have a ball of rope and every kid knows he will be issued a belt for the day to keep the pants up! All Parents and kids are told this up front and they still test the rules. We cover high school teams rules with a players parents meeting up front. In travel ball we do the same thing, since Joe started a first class organization and we have an image to keep.
 
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What a waste of a first post! A girl with long hair is not unusual and will not draw any undo attention, where as a boy with long hair will. Case Closed. As long as the rule does not unjustly punish someone the case has no basis. If the school, coach or AD singled out this kid and let others not abide by the same rule then they might have a chance.
Excuse me? Waste of first post? I was just pointing out the possibilities of what could happen. Don't really care one way way or another. As far as long hair drawing undue attention, could we disallow kids the priviledge of playing a sport due to tattoos? I think tattoos on kids are ridiculous and quite tacky, but I don't think I would cut a kid for that reason alone. Like I said, doesn't really matter to me, just playing devil's advocate.
 
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Wacko liberals want more rules, more regulations, more infringement on liberties, more tax dollars being spent. You are a liberal.

I want less of the above. I am against tax dollars and tax dollars being spent. I am against this rule and the tax dollars spent to support it.

OK, I read the first page of this and that's it... so I may be saying what has been said already.

One, I'm not liberal, not even close... and I LOOOOVE the hair policy. To me it's controllable just as attire on the job is or tucking your shirt in before you step on the field or court. Unlike being short and unable to dunk a basketball or swing a bat because you aren't strong enough. Skill vs options is all this is to me. Lessons at this age are key to solidifying the future in many ways (Musty did you just puke:lmao:). In other words, following processes, protocol, and yes abiding by basic rules is part of life and hard lessons are learned/taught at the same time by this basic premise. Bureaucratic jargon, liberalism, time consuming and laborious and many times 'dated' processes, and government reg's are again another topic for sure.

As far as tax dollars go "for the privilege", I'm not a musician so does that mean they should eliminate that program and others. Musty, I know your DD plays at school. And at what point do we begin/start/stop debating what the money should go towards. I guess the thousands of dollars I pay into the "liberal" tax system should only go towards teachers salaries (that's another topic). Ok, fine, kill the sports and the lessons learned there as well and then we'll see what that does for our youth.

What's the big picture here. This psycho lawsuit is the epitome of why our judicial system shouldn't be so whacked out to even entertain this topic. Talk about a liberal thing to "fix"... next topic please. :cap:
 
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OK, I read the first page of this and that's it... so I may be saying what has been said already.

One, I'm not liberal, not even close... and I LOOOOVE the hair policy. To me it's controllable just as attire on the job is or tucking your shirt in before you step on the field or court. Unlike being short and unable to dunk a basketball or swing a bat because you aren't strong enough. Skill vs options is all this is to me. Lessons at this age are key to solidifying the future in many ways (Musty did you just puke:lmao:). In other words, following processes, protocol, and yes abiding by basic rules is part of life and hard lessons are learned/taught at the same time by this basic premise. Bureaucratic jargon, liberalism, time consuming and laborious and many times 'dated' processes, and government reg's are again another topic for sure.

As far as tax dollars go "for the privilege", I'm not a musician so does that mean they should eliminate that program and others. Musty, I know your DD plays at school. And at what point do we begin/start/stop debating what the money should go towards. I guess the thousands of dollars I pay into the "liberal" tax system should only go towards teachers salaries (that's another topic). Ok, fine, kill the sports and the lessons learned there as well and then we'll see what that does for our youth.

What's the big picture here. This psycho lawsuit is the epitome of why our judicial system shouldn't be so whacked out to even entertain this topic. Talk about a liberal thing to "fix"... next topic please. :cap:

Applause!
 
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OK, I read the first page of this and that's it... so I may be saying what has been said already.

One, I'm not liberal, not even close... and I LOOOOVE the hair policy. To me it's controllable just as attire on the job is or tucking your shirt in before you step on the field or court. Unlike being short and unable to dunk a basketball or swing a bat because you aren't strong enough. Skill vs options is all this is to me. Lessons at this age are key to solidifying the future in many ways (Musty did you just puke:lmao:). In other words, following processes, protocol, and yes abiding by basic rules is part of life and hard lessons are learned/taught at the same time by this basic premise. Bureaucratic jargon, liberalism, time consuming and laborious and many times 'dated' processes, and government reg's are again another topic for sure.

As far as tax dollars go "for the privilege", I'm not a musician so does that mean they should eliminate that program and others. Musty, I know your DD plays at school. And at what point do we begin/start/stop debating what the money should go towards. I guess the thousands of dollars I pay into the "liberal" tax system should only go towards teachers salaries (that's another topic). Ok, fine, kill the sports and the lessons learned there as well and then we'll see what that does for our youth.

What's the big picture here. This psycho lawsuit is the epitome of why our judicial system shouldn't be so whacked out to even entertain this topic. Talk about a liberal thing to "fix"... next topic please. :cap:

Don't be lazy, read page two young man. LOL

I'm not against rules or following rules, just this hair cut one. I think it's a coach copying something easy others have used to compensate for their lack of coaching ability. It's a stupid rule and I applaud someone working to eliminate stupidity. One idiot at a time. LOL Did you read the reason on why they said they have the rule? The school added that hairstyles that create problems of health and sanitation, obstruct vision, or call undue attention to the athlete are all reasons for dismissal from the team.
Those idiots couldn't even come up with good bullshlt.

School $$$ should only be spent on academics. No sports, no drama, no glee, etc. I would like to see much more technology in schools like every kid with a laptop from grade one. I would like to see teachers paid better but based on performance. Sports, music, drama and such would still happen but they would just be outside the school district control. They would be done by the boosters, club teams, scouts and others. New organizations would form to pick up the pieces. They would be funded by participants and donors. Yes my DD does sports, music and drama in school but she also does them outside of school. Taking them out of school wouldn't eliminate them. It would allow schools to focus on academics and maybe start getting that right.

Finally I don't fault those who follow the system filling lawsuits to get justice. I fault the system for allowing frivolous suits and outlandish awards. Because of those some will lump a reasonable lawsuit into that category. In other words, don't fault someone for playing by the rules, fault the rules if they are wrong.

TA-DA!
 
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...PS, I believe the young man is an 8th grader and this didn't just start yesterday.

Did the coach really change the policy after the parents complained? Did the student really move to another school to play ball and the old school told the new school he was unruly and not allowed to participate in extra curricular activities? Sounds like a bunch of bullies who should not be entrusted with the education of children.
 
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Maybe I'm old school, but about time. There's nothing wrong with having a policy for having what a student wears/dresses and that includes haircuts.

What about long hairs George Washington, Ben Franklin or John Hancock? They just picked up guns and started shooting. And King George didn't even kick them off the team.
 
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What about long hairs George Washington, Ben Franklin or John Hancock? They just picked up guns and started shooting. And King George didn't even kick them off the team.


Them be wigs. You needed a wig to be part of Congress back then (or so it seems). Plus, every British soldier has long hair from the pics I saw.
 
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Here's the rest of the story.

The boy went to another school and was doing fine until that school found out about the Greensburg school and then the 'new' school kicked him off for a "violation" at the Greensburg school. That violation was his long hair... even though they had NO "Hair policy" in place at the new school.

Link: Lawsuit-Challenging-Greensburgs-Haircut-Policy-Is-More-Than-Simple-Rebellion-To-Parents http://greensburgdailynews.com/loca...licy-Is-More-Than-Simple-Rebellion-To-Parents
 
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Them be wigs. You needed a wig to be part of Congress back then (or so it seems). Plus, every British soldier has long hair from the pics I saw.

You have pictures from the Revolutionary War?! No Way, I want to see them!!!!:eek:
 
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And the wig was powdered white, too !!!!!

They only had to wear wigs if they couldn't grow their hair long...LOL Rogaine was not invented back them... even though they DID try goat's milk to help facilitate the growth of hair.... ( Unusual facts )
 
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Or a "Brownie" sure shot.

We had one of them when I grew up... Gosh, I'm old !!!!

That kid is going to win based on the wording of the rules set forth by the school in their policy wording.
 
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I think your right Tim. Good articles, now we have the whole story. I like this part of one of them:

Whether or not the law agrees with that contention is another matter. Regardless of how judges rule, the local public certainly seems to be nearly unanimous in it's support of the athlete in question, as a number told TheIndyChannel.com.

"I just think he should be stipulated to tie his hair up or something like that," said Anthony Johnson. "To cut it off, I think that's taking away a person's mind, body and soul sometimes."

"I think they should be able to wear their hair the way they want to on a basketball team or anywhere else," said resident Aleigh Class.

"It's discrimination, plain and simple," said resident Jesse Summers. "I hope they get what they are after."


And you called it, they brought up Title 9.
 
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Now all we need is for the football coach to make long hair a rule then things could get real interesting
 
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