Community | December 16, 2009 | 25 comments

Long-haired 4-year-old faces possible suspension

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The parents of a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student nicknamed “Tater Tot” are battling a suburban Dallas school’s decision to segregate their son because his long locks violate the district dress code.


Taylor Pugh again found himself facing in-school suspension on Wednesday. The Mesquite school district is keeping Taylor in the library apart from his classmates because his floppy hair falls in his eyes and extends below his earlobes and shirt collar. All are violations of the district dress code.

But Taylor’s parents say they won’t cut his hair, even after they said the school principal threatened to permanently suspend their son from school. They say Taylor likes his hair long, and that he plans to donate it to a charity that makes wigs for cancer patients.

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25 comments // Long-haired 4-year-old faces possible suspension

  • EdJoyProductions
  • xiola
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      xiola  

    • Personally, I feel rules regarding hair length are very odd. What happened to "my rights end where your nose begins?" How does this hair affect others adversely? I find it admirable that they intend to donate it. People must express their opposition when they disagree with rules. We're supposed to just blindly accept rules imposed on us... just because?

    • 2 years ago
  • SHAWN_RITTIMAN
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • Didn't the founding fathers have ponytails ? They wore wigs , to make themselves look like they had long hair . I think , they would stick up for this boy . And his parents . EdJoy is right on this . These closet dictators , are missing the point of education to fill their own need to be pompous windbags . It is the windbags who are making "apolitical statement " . If they used this flatulent energy to actually be useful .... find a real problem , for instance , they might actually get some credibility . It is not like there are a shortage of problems . This one , is a cowards manufactured problem . These windbags lack the courage to go after something significant .

    • 2 years ago
  • FallenMorgan
  • EdJoyProductions
    • 0
      EdJoyProductions  

    • Let me guess, right wing, christian, republicans are the ones responsible for such an insane rule. And they say that liberals are fascists.

      Narrow minded idiots are destroying this country. We have to start pointing out the naked emperors instead of letting them make the rules.

    • 2 years ago
  • div
    • 0
      div  

    • What are you people talking about?!! Clearly long hair on a boy is a problem! If they let people be different, how will they be able to use one single training program and one single curriculum and one single teaching method and one single lesson plan to teach EVERYONE!

      Good god, if we introduce diversity into teacher's lives, they might have to learn to adapt and possibly even learn to teach better! Oh the abomination! the horror! Accept differences? NEVERRRRRR!

    • 2 years ago
  • marisa_bklyn
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      marisa_bklyn  

    • Yes I agree the school has the wrong priority but let's be honest so do the PARENTS. I'm a 2nd grade teacher and I don't think this is a big deal at all. I don't agree with the school but I also don't agree with the parents. If the stupid hair is not a big deal then what's the big deal about cutting it?! Aren't the parents concerned about the fact that he isn't learning when he is suspended. But I guess long hair and making a statement is more important to these parents than their kid getting an education. And oh the KID likes it? Bullshit he's 4 he doesn't know what he likes at that age he likes what the parents tell him he likes. So it's about the parents desires not the kid. Although I don't agree with the school we ALL have to follow dress codes in life whether we want to or not nobody is going to be able to have pink hair and work in a law firm.

    • 2 years ago
  • thewhompus
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      thewhompus  
    • marisa_bklyn:

      I was going to point this out as well.....It seems to me that the parents are using the kid to make a political statement, which is going to suck for the kid. He's the one that's going to suffer, particularly with a name like 'tater tot'.

    • 2 years ago
  • xiola
  • Sarah_Kent
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      Sarah_Kent  

    • Just maybe I'm wrong...but I doubt he is learning during the times he is stuck in the library and suspended. Aren't schools for education- curricular and social? This school has the wrong priority. Let the kid keep his freaking hair. I teach and I still don't understand how his long hair affects his schoolwork or his peer relationships in a negative way.

    • 2 years ago
  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • When my son was four , his hair was way longer , but curly . People told me I should cut it . Those golden curls were put there by GOD and who am I to argue ?

    • 2 years ago
  • marisa_bklyn
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      marisa_bklyn  
    • artemis6:

      What a stpid comment. The dumb curls were put there by god?! So who am I or rather u to argue with god? So what does that mean that u will NEVER cut ur son's hair or at least not until god gives u the O.K.? How and when will u know god will be O.K. with a haircut ? Will the big G send u a sign ?

    • 2 years ago
  • EtVoila
  • artemis6
  • jubal
  • 02
  • thewhompus
  • CalgarC
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      CalgarC  

    • the american school system is in the shitter... i would leave the boy alone. plus the kid plans to donate his hair...

    • 2 years ago
  • think_free
  • thewhompus
  • ryosama
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      ryosama  

    • lol. naw, its just texas schools. they'll probably just give up, and just homeschool the kid. thats what most parents do here.

    • 2 years ago
  • Varex_Sythe
  • timetide
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