Posted on 03/30/2006 7:39:35 AM PST by WestTexasWend
TULIA (TX) - Mohawks and education apparently don't mix at a Tulia elementary school.
Highland Elementary School Principal Johnny Lara sent first-grader Dallas Saenz, 7, home after he showed up at school the day before spring break sporting a freshly cut, spiked mohawk.
The first day after spring break, Dallas reluctantly combed down his mohawk.
"They laughed at me," he said.
His parents allowed him to return to school the next day with the spiked mohawk, which landed Dallas back in Lara's office. Lara ordered him home, and Tulia Supt. Ken Miller intervened, saying Dallas could return to school when he had an acceptable hairdo.
"If it's no distraction, it's no problem," Miller said.
Dallas has not returned to school since he was sent home March 21 because his mother, Toni Ramirez, said she understood that he could not return to school until his hair had grown out.
Dallas' parents said they have received two citations in the mail with $300 fines each for "disrupting classes." The school district could file truancy charges against them, and if Dallas misses more than 21 days, he could be held back a grade, they said.
But Ramirez and husband Ricky Saenz are willing to face all of that to protect their children's rights to express themselves through the way they dress, they said. They don't want their children to worry about what everyone else thinks, they said.
"Everybody's different," Ramirez said. "Our children show their different personalities."
Miller said the solution is easy for Dallas' parents. Tulia's dress code states: "Hair should be neat, clean and well-groomed. Style or color should not be extreme to the point of creating a distraction."
"We have to ensure we have a proper learning environment and that nothing takes away from that," Miller said. "Anything that distracts students from their learning is inappropriate."
In follow up, I believe Revere and Atticus were fellow freemasons and had to know each other, which makes his ommission particularly bothersome to me.
His mother, who gets a lot of bad press because of her Black Panther background, was(is) actually a pretty middle class gal who sent young 2Pak to ballet school. So he was a middle class guy and was way out of his depth with the boys from LA and Queens who were (and are) real gangsters.
Did you know that the first time 2Pak got shot he was trying to yank the piece out of his baggy draws and shot one of his own testicles off? Ouch! Eech! Ouch!
Were you on the way to a Code Pink rally or just protesting the senate's immigration bill?
"KNOW how to handle my Glock"
You have seen the video with Officer Friendly shooting himself with his in a school, right?
Nothing like a pistol with the safety on the trigger.
Wasn't this sort of thing supposed to be fixed by Klintoon years ago with his Dress Code Speech?
"I wonder what would happen if we..."
And yeah, that's the story about the first shooting. Hey, I took the NRA Youth Gun Safety course and KNOW how to handle my Glock, so that won't happen to me, hehehe.
Geez, I laughed myself silly when I first heard that story!
He really didn't completely start to spin out of control until he signed with Death Row. The biggest mistake he ever made in his life was getting involved with Suge Knight...who WAS a straight-up gangsta
Knight was a bad man, for sure. By the way, the Lorenzo brothers were aquitted of federal money laundering charges a short while back, so they'll probably be back in the production business shortly. Unless, that is, the feds drained them of money trying to prove their innocence.
I don't know. Like I said, I'm an old man (a white old man) and in my opinion we old folks aren't supposed to understand the younger generations. That's what my grandfather told me anyway.
Isn't this the place where I start boring you with tales of the sixties? Ha, ha! I wouldn't do that to my worst enemy, let alone a fellow FReeper!
How distracting! Post the REAL pic! Boys have so many less hair style options than girls do. Give the kid a break. OMG...a BOY stands out b/c of his hairstyle???
WTF is THAT?
In HS, I was in the 4.0 range (I had 2 semesters of college courses that counted extra)...
Graduated college 2nd to an older woman (whom I really respected, she deserved first and was in between children and grandchildren) I was taking care of my newborn also at that time...
The woman I respect above that is the one that received an F in our sophomore art class. She was the most talented of the class, but the teacher was elderly and didn't approve of her (mid 80's) 6-8 inch spikey? hair (not really mohawk...don't know the word) She was intent on being a designer and truly hope she succeded.
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