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mr_lebowski

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29. Are you sure 'enrolling in another school district' is an allowed option?

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 02:53 AM

Feb 2020

IIRC growing up, your district was determined by where you live. Pretty much period unless you were right on a border and had some compelling reason to go to other than the one proscribed school.

Even if it is, how far away would the kid have to travel in order to do so?

What if his folks aren't able to 'home school' him, for whatever reason?

Kinda surprised this doesn't at least warrant a peep of disapproval from you TT.

What would you say if this was a girl and she wasn't being allowed to go to school because she had a pixie doo going on, and the regs required girls hair to be 'at least this long'?

That be totally cool with you?

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Teen growing his hair for sick sister withdraws from Texas school when told to get haircut [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 OP

Take the Sequoia outta your rectal orifice irisblue Feb 2020 #1

Heh. blm Feb 2020 #4

Seems like 'the rules' that are inflexible are always the excuse rurallib Feb 2020 #7

How crazy is this - an educator who cannot (or will not) use his BRAIN! leftieNanner Feb 2020 #2

Common sense Bev54 Feb 2020 #14

Adminisrators only the written law can be followed no brain needed. Or heart or soul IADEMO2004 Feb 2020 #51

Pompous authoritarian idiots. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #3

Yes. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #9

KISS: Change Your Outdated Policy MagickMuffin Feb 2020 #5

I was raised near Poth. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #10

What the hell Bev54 Feb 2020 #15

Liability and pride. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #16

I am sorry Bev54 Feb 2020 #17

What century are you living in? TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #18

Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #19

Now you are doubling down. Advise not to call people "Trumpsters" at DU. Hekate Feb 2020 #20

Thank you. nt TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #36

It's a good thing no NFL player made the choice to grow his hair long... bullwinkle428 Feb 2020 #22

If their employer is okay with long hair, then they are welcome to grow it. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #24

tackle by the hair is not a personal foul in the NFL Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #25

Okay, I'm mistaken because I thought that it was. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #27

I can understand a coach's requirement, not a school's. ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #28

Women's volleyball should then demand short hair. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #44

Volleyball isn't a contact sport TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #47

I'm not buying the liability angle happybird Feb 2020 #30

School districts are allowed to set dress codes TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #32

No one is arguing otherwise. Simply that the policy is brain-dead on arrival. LanternWaste Feb 2020 #45

Dress codes are usually determined by community standards. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #48

If it were an issue of athletic safety gollygee Feb 2020 #35

I get it. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #37

I live in a conservative town in west Michigan gollygee Feb 2020 #38

My school district had some money in it due to natural gas and uranium mining revenue, TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #41

No, it was the other socioeconomic factors. nt gollygee Feb 2020 #50

I think it is a matter of opinion. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #52

If it were really about safety and hygiene Mariana Feb 2020 #54

Instead of complaining to me, why don't you write a letter to the superintendent TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #57

Because I was commenting on your post Mariana Feb 2020 #60

Guess what? TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #62

There are A LOT of pro NFL, NBA, Soccer, Rugby etc. players with long hair Arazi Feb 2020 #55

Employers are permitted to set their own dress codes. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #58

In post #16 you say long hair is unhygienic. Since most females have long hair, you sound sexist Arazi Feb 2020 #63

I chose not to respond to you last time since you accused me of being sexist. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #64

I suspect religion is the real reason Mariana Feb 2020 #61

Please avoid gender normative pronouncements at DU CreekDog Feb 2020 #66

because everyone must conform. how very fascistic TeamPooka Feb 2020 #21

I think that you are exaggerating when you compare this to fascism. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #26

Are you sure 'enrolling in another school district' is an allowed option? mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #29

There are two school districts that are each about 7 miles away. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #31

I'm just going to agree to disagree ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #40

I will agree with you that changing schools is detrimental. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #42

They could just get rid of that one silly rule ... I don't think anarchy would ensue ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #43

Your use of the word 'exaggerating' is damned ironic given your own sentiments... LanternWaste Feb 2020 #46

The point is that I knew I was exaggerating with my comment TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #56

My high school is about 65 miles away from Poth. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #6

Mark Twain: "God made the Idiot for practice, jg10003 Feb 2020 #8

"There was an avenue and process to seek resolution to the issue that the parent chose not to take unblock Feb 2020 #11

I left Duncanville Tx high school for exactly that reason. vanamonde Feb 2020 #12

I graduated high school rownesheck Feb 2020 #13

That attitude prompted the hippie movement way back when. lunatica Feb 2020 #33

I remember this crap from back in the sixties DFW Feb 2020 #34

Extend beyond the ear opening? panader0 Feb 2020 #39

Give them a dose of their own medicine. MarcA Feb 2020 #49

This is Texas. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #59

All this dress code stuff just baffles and irritates me Withywindle Feb 2020 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2020 #65

the school shouldn't have different hair and/or clothing requirements by gender CreekDog Feb 2020 #67