Girl with fire-engine-red hair will be allowed to return to classes in Tavares

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On the first day of school, new Principal Janice Boyd asked all students not to have "unnatural" hair color, but Mabry did not comply, school-district spokesman Chris Patton said.

The battle was on.

Mabry took to Facebook to rally students behind her cause. Her page, dubbed "Team Mabry," has logged more than 800 likes. Rettig said Mabry spent most of the school day Friday removed from class, completing work assignments in an office.

"I'm letting her fight her fight," Rettig said.

By late Friday afternoon, principal Boyd decided to allow Mabry to return to class Tuesday after the Labor Day weekend — with her red hair.

Mabry said it was because the principal decided her hair wasn't disruptive after all. Patton wouldn't comment on what changed Boyd's mind but said the policy will be reviewed at an upcoming School Board workshop.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/os-lake-student-hair-color-20130830,0,1366005.story

[Scuba]

1. Her hair wasn't what caused all the ruckus.

Dumb policy.

[MineralMan]

2. Yah. She's cute. It's the school policy that's disruptive.

But, Trumad....remember the DU four paragraph excerpt rule. You've copied and pasted the entire article. That could get DU in trouble.

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[LWolf]

3. My students, boys and girls,

come to school in whatever hair colors and styles they like, and rarely get a comment unless they ASK if we notice anything different.

That's a popular color.

I once died my hair a neon color when a class won a challenge from me.

There are so many authentic issues to deal with at school. Hair isn't one of them.

[Brickbat]

4. Hair color is such a non-issue anymore. If it's disruptive, it's disruptive for five minutes and

then life goes on.

[pipi_k]

5. Unnatural color...

how do they know it's NOT her natural color?

I had childhood friends whose hair was much the same color. And it wasn't from a bottle, either.

Anyway, a short tale...

my own hair has been just about every color imaginable over the years, except for green.

One time I had it dyed a plum/purple color. Some guy actually asked me if it was my natural color.

[Jenoch]

6. If Mabry Anderson had actually pulled off

dyeing her hair 'fire engine red', it may have been disruptive, for a time.

Did the headlone writer even look at the photo?

[Tikki]

9. Correct, it's more like fuschia...

I would say that Alana from Face Off has more fire engine red hair...


It's all fine and a choice...


Tikki

[LuvNewcastle]

7. I never understood why people care about others' hair, whether

it's the color or the style. It's sad that some people feel the need to control what people do with their hair.

[MineralMan]

10. It's not really about hair color. It's about control.

Some people need to feel as though they're in control.

[Paulie]

8. In HS I bleached my hair white

25 years later it's that color again so it was my natural color back then too.