What does hair color have to do with anything? You can’t walk down the road or in the mall without seeing someone with a hairstyle you think is extreme. I say leave the girl alone if she is comfortable looking the way she does then it shouldn’t bother us!

I’m all for a dress code but schools need not to be so ridgid, it needs to be flexible for different situations.

as a matter of fact, my daughter was sent home from school because she put red streaks in her hair, she was attending Greer High School.

My point was they called her out for her hair but never called her out because she was having trouble in a class.

I don’t feel it hindures education.

i think she dyed her hair pink for a great cause.i think it is wrong of the school board/school to do this to her.i mean if she dyed her hair green or something like that then yeah..but pink the cancer awareness color is alright in my book cause i would have done same thing..

they should let teens have free expression as long as it’s decent. they have enough pressure on them today and what they do with their hair and close is one form of coping and expression. i don’t see it as a distaction, but i do see a powerplay on the schools part. leave the kids alone!!

This is fast becoming an issue in our house, because my 13 year old son strongly believes that dress codes should be about dress, and not hair style, and I’ve always encouraged him to stand up for what he believes.  He likes his hair and doesn’t truly want it to be another color, but believes that unless something obscene or insulting is carved into someone’s hair style, it shouldn’t be against the rules.  I’ve never given it much thought, but now that I’ve heard his point, I agree with him.

This is one reason I heomeschool my children.  Children need to be able to express themselves in a decent way.I absolutely disagree with school uniforms, but think a dress code to a certain extent is good (no revealing clothing, no pants falling in the back..)However, the government is trying way too hard to control our children and we are allowing it.What right does a school have to tell a child that they can’t color their hair if the parent says it is ok?If they can say no coloring your hair pink, they need to say no coloring your hair any color whether it be blonde, black, brown, red.....

Well you just wouldn’t believe at how even the 5th & 6th graders are dressing now!!!  They sure don’t dress like they are there ages thats for sure!!!  Dress Code for sure!!!  It would save alot of kids getting bullied too!!!  Many children are picked on because they don’t wear whats “in” now a days. 
As far as the pink hair goes...come on now, she didn’t get into a fight or make threat!!??  She meant it for a good cause!! That makes a difference.

Its not like it blocks the view from the teacher! If that’s the case then guys shouldn’t be able to spike there hair, because it’s to high and you can’t see the board. Leave her alone, she wasn’t causing trouble! I think there going to the extreme! Her pants weren’t falling off were they? Now that would be another issue! I could see someone saying something about that!

To Cricket…

Even if there is a dress code/uniform and the kids are all supposed to wear the same thing, there are still going to be kids who wear WalMart or Dollar Store clothes and others who wear Gap and Old Navy and the WalMart or Dollar Store kids are going to be poked fun at by the name brand kids....

It seems the consensus from the respondent parents is to let the kids do whatever they desire in order that they “express themselves”.
Looking at the improper grammar, misspelled words and poor sentence structure, it’s not surprising the kids are more concerned with attracting attention in school than excelling academically.
Discipline and self control cannot be taught in school if the kids have poor examples at home.

Oh Happy..
Check your comma usage and paragraph formation!!!!!!!

Linda,
They CANNOT have ANY tags showing WHAT SO EVER!!
I think it would cut down a whole & wouldn’t be as big of deal to wear they got it from then because by then.........they look alike & have the SAME thing on.

If parents would stop accusing schools of infringing on their kids rights and realize we (teachers) are trying to help them… The world would be a better place… Everyone talks about how schools used to be… No one back in the day would have went to school with pink hair and their underwear showing… Hmmm… I wonder why?

I vividly recall attending school wishing that my parents could buy me some of the expensive clothes the rich and popular girls wore.  Little did I know then that the richest person at school was a loving and kind teacher who took all of her school time teaching our class, instead of having to monitor what we wore to school, or checking our school bags for weapons.

When my son said he was considering dying his hair green as a form of protest of the dress code, I told him I loved his hair but also loved his desire to stand up to what he considered an infringement of his rights.  We dropped it without me suggesting a plan of action. Less than 5 weeks later, he, of his own accord, got a very short haircut that is what I would have chosen for him...no longer a mop top.  As parents, we need to know when to shut up.

TO TEACHER:
God gave MY children to ME - not the teachers, school district, or anyone else. Teachers need to worry about doing their jobs rather than trying to run children’s lives!

You wouldn’t make a big deal if a brunette child colored their hair blonde, would you?  How about a blonde going red?  Hair color is not going to send our children to hell OR jail.  With all the pressure on children these days, our children need some form of ‘self’ as not to be robots.  IF we raise our children right, they are not going to be ridiculous with their clothes and hang their butts out or anything.

I PRAISE THE LORD EVERYDAY FOR HOMESCHOOLING, WHICH TAKES THE CONTROL FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WE ALL ARE SEEING HOW THEY RUN THINGS, AREN’T WE?

Yes..I think there should be..In schools where they all wear the same thing..They are learning better because they dont have to worry if little jane is dressed better tham little mary that day..I think it is a great thing...uniform is the way to go..

If my little Pumpkin has to sit in school and look like everyone else in order to maximize the education process, then so be it. He can express himself on his own time. Too many people are trying to be buddies with their kids and not parents. If my little Darling decides one day that he would like to wear his pants with the waist around his knees, not only would he have to buy them himself but he’d also have to make it out of the house with me noticing. And that would never happen. Luckily, my little Honeybun thinks it’s insanity to emulate a style made popular by the prison population.

I’m all for strick dress codes.  I have 2 high school sons I pick them up sometimes from school.  I have seen baggy/saggy pants hanging below the butt cheeks luckily they did have on underwear, the sight was inappropriate. Clothes so tight they can barely breath, showing skin, belly, butt, cleavage.  I dress code needs to be strickly enforced. I don’t mind pants being saggy a little bit as long as they are worn with a big shirt to cover the butt part. No tags showing.  If thats suppose to make a statement someone needs to tell me what it is saying because that particular display doesn’t make any sense to me. some girls need to tone down the way they dress.  I think the school needs to come to an idea of what would be appropriate attire and allow parents that are willing to particpate take a vote.  And as far has the color of someones hair I think it only bothers the school officials.  Is it a distraction to the students or their achievements whether it would be personal or academic I don’t think so.  the color of someones hair is irrelevant to the way a person dresses

Dear Linda...and other concerned parents, I agree with you 100 % that God gave the children to you and trusted you to raise them.. I pray that you are doing what He would approve of… However, within the walls of the school buildings we see lots of children that come from parents who are not… The children come unfed, unclothed, and unloved… We cannot teach math because we have to teach them how to eat… We cannot teach reading because we have to teach them not to cuss and how to respect adults… We cannot teach science because we have to teach hygiene… We cannot teach Social Studies because we have to love them through the hurt that they bring in from the night before when the spent the night in the car....

I pray that one day, concerned parents like yourself will stop fighting against and join us in the most important battle of all… fighting for the lives of millions of children whose parents have left them to fend for themselves in a world that want to eat them.

Teacher,
You are right that there are all kinds of parents out there that could care less about their children and all kinds of children out there hurting.  However, a teacher’s job is to teach.  A school’s purpose is to educate.  If there are unfed, unclothed, unloved, dirty children - DSS should step in.  If there are rude, unrespectful, criminal children, maybe DJJ should step in.  If these problems are in school and the teachers are having to worry about taking care of them, that is taking away from educating all the children.  The proper channels should be followed in order for teachers and schools to serve their intended purposes.  If teachers feel that extra love, etc. should be given to students, that should be done before or after school hours, not during other children’s learning times.

You are so right Ms Teacher. I too sometimes don’t take all into consideration.  To think beyond the box per say. Many kids are not as fortunate as my own and others. I admit my thoughts on the topic was a bit narrow minded. Sometimes it takes another to broaden our way of thinking. I look at this in a different perspective now.. thank you

Unfortunately sweet Linda, you have no idea how misguided your opinions are… DSS, DJJ is called almost daily from a public school… It takes the most serious offenses to get them to even glance our way… If you knew anything about education, you would know that a child who is unfed, unclothed, and unloved is in no position to learn academics… the poor thing struggles to live on a daily basis…

FYI.... I do not leave school most days til 6, and I am there bright an early at 7… I do everything in my power to make sure these precious kids are cared for… I encourage you to think twice before you judge the efforts of those who work on the front lines of this issue everyday.

Divadee, I applaud your admission of narrow mindedness… Thanks for listening to a teachers heart… FYI… I am a MR. Teacher in an elementary school.

I, in fact, do have a teaching degree and have taught for some time in the past.  I have seen the hurt, the neglect, the children who get to school as early as they can and who do not get picked up until the parents are called.  However, it is NOT FAIR to the other children to take on a ‘pet’ just because they are neglected.  It is not fair to take away from other children’s learning time because of sorry parents.  You are being stereotypical stating that neglected children can’t learn.  The brightest, most driven child I ever had in my class was very neglected by her parents.  She would get left at school everyday UNTIL I called her parents.  They always had some excuse.  She came in the same dirty clothes everyday, and sometimes she would not get to eat except at school.  However, she was very intellegent, wonderful grades, wonderfully polite, and very driven.  This was not a child old enough to know that she had to be driven to change her situation, either.  Please don’t down our children just because they have sorry parents.

Do you not feel that you are neglecting others by spending extra time with the neglected?  You are not the parent - it is not your place.  YOu are paid to educate - not rehabilitate.

I have seen comments from a Linda on several Blogs and it sounds like Linda has a chip on her shoulder.
I am SO thankful that I don’t have to send my kids to public school with all the nuts even though I do agree with TEACHER- and I wish all teachers had the same attitude........
The public school system is a MESS and the kids my child would have to be around scares me to death because of what they have had to see at home from their crazy parents.
GOD HELP US!! these kids are our future and the parents are failing us!

That is stupid leave her alone let her have pink hair. What does it matter to you??????????

I THINK DRESS CODE IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE WITH OUT A DRESS CODE YOU WOULD SEE ALOT OF TEENAGERS BEING SEXUALLY ASSUALTED AND PARENTS WOULD GET MAD THEN SO I THINK THATS A GREAT IDEA

gfufgli - It doesn’t matter to me what color any body else’s hair is - I personally don’t care. the thing that matters most to me is my own child and her well-being and safety.
That is what matters to me!