French braid allows student to return to class [View All]

[The Straight Story]

French braid allows student to return to class

On Tuesday 4-year-old Taylor Pugh returned to class after his mother Elizabeth Taylor used French braids to pull his hair back.


“You should have seen his face when the principal told him he could go back to class; he lit up,” Elizabeth Taylor said.

Elizabeth Taylor tried to use traditional braiding on her son in the past only to have him experience pain and scalp bleeding. She said that the French braiding seems to be doing okay.

“He really wanted to go back to class. He has seen me braid my hair before and asked if there were other types of braids that did not hurt,” Elizabeth Taylor said.

Pugh has been out of class since November because the length of his hair is in violation of the Mesquite Independent School District’s dress code. He has been serving in-school suspension in the school library and receiving instruction from an aide.

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