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It would be helpful if the media (or the family) could address whether this affected other boys as well. Are there white males who were wearing their hair up to avoid violating the dress code? Was it sort of becoming a thing, and they wanted to stop the pony tail/man bun thing, and didn't intend to discriminate against DeAndre?
That's a good question. Trying to think open-mindedly...that seems possible. Presumably, a white boy with hair down to his shoulder blades would be held to the same standard. I guess if I were the school district, defending my dress code, I'd make sure to point that out. Maybe they will. In court.
What I would like is an explanation of the purpose for the rule. If there is actually a reason related to educating all the students in the school that would be much different than establishing a rule simply for the sake of making rules. Has the educational process been hampered by students with hair that does not meet the personal standards of the rule makers?
Hypocrisy alert. The Superintendent who says he won't be bullied into changing the policy, has a little arrest record of his own for interference with a police officer. How is this guy still superintendent?
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Barbers Hill ISDs Poole arrested
CHAMBERS COUNTY– I made the decision as a father, not as a superintendent, said Dr. Greg Poole, of his decision not to bring his injured son back to the scene of an accident that took place in the early morning hours of April 26.
Poole was arrested on a charge of Interfering with a Public Duty, a Class B Misdemeanor. He was booked into the Chambers County jail, where he stayed between two and three hours. Poole said that he was released on a personal bond.
I did not try to use my position and there was no altercation, Poole said. I just did what I thought was right.
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Hypocrisy alert. The Superintendent who says he won't be bullied into changing the policy, has a little arrest record of his own for interference with a police officer. How is this guy still superintendent?
The boy had a concussion and facial injuries. Any needed blood alcohol testing could be done at the hospital, where the boy was, with his mother. It's not like the boy was whisked off to some secluded place to sober up. He was taken directly to a hospital.
To me, this sounds like an overzealous cop, wanting for some reason to bring an injured boy back to the accident scene when he needed medical attention instead, and any legal testing of his blood/breath could be done easily in the hospital.
Since this is a 12 year old story, there must have been some resolution regarding the court's finding of whether the superintendent/father committed a crime. The outcome of that event wasn't posted in the article - court date was pending when the article was written.
Just a guess - maybe he's still superintendent because the charges were dropped?
What I would like is an explanation of the purpose for the rule. If there is actually a reason related to educating all the students in the school that would be much different than establishing a rule simply for the sake of making rules. Has the educational process been hampered by students with hair that does not meet the personal standards of the rule makers?
As I noted earlier, this is a high-performing school. Since 2016, the graduation rate has risen to nearly 100%. Math and reading skills are 85% and 95%. They out perform the state level significantly. The state level is like 72%. (I might be slightly off about the state level...I read the statistics yesterday.) They're in the top 10% of public schools in the state.
So...it would seem to me that length of hair has not hampered the education processes of the school. Especially not in the middle of the year, 3 months before graduation.
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