African-American girl faces expulsion over 'natural hair'

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107. It wasn't a dress code issue until she complained of being bullied for it

Admittedly I'm making a presumption here, but "distraction" usually means interference with in-class lessons or other functions related to learning, while bullying usually takes place outside of class where authority is absent. Within the admittedly limited available information, it sounds like the girl was being harassed and the school simply prefers not to take action against her harassers. Schools like these are expensive; I would imagine there's a strong desire not to offend the parents of a group of wealthy students.

The school is probably within their rights, but that makes them no less assholes. It certainly wouldn't be the first time a religious school did something awful that would have been universally condemned if done by anyone other than a religious institution.

I'd be curious to know what the nearby public schools are like- there may be a very good reason her mother chose to send her there.