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03-26-2010, 01:09 PM
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100324/NEWS04/100324039/Nine-year-old+twins+suspended+for+hairstyles+
COLUMBIA, Tenn. — A Maury County father says school officials branded his 9-year-old twin sons as gang members and suspended them because they had a simple line shaved into their hair.
Paul Edwards told The Daily Herald that it's a hairstyle they've had since kindergarten.
According to Edwards, the two fourth-graders were suspended last Tuesday, and they returned to classes Thursday when the suspension was overturned after he objected.
School officials declined to comment about the incident.
In October, school administrators sent out an advisory to parents saying students were prohibited from shaving symbols, numbers and letters into their hair. They said the policy was to discourage gang activity.
COLUMBIA, Tenn. — A Maury County father says school officials branded his 9-year-old twin sons as gang members and suspended them because they had a simple line shaved into their hair.
Paul Edwards told The Daily Herald that it's a hairstyle they've had since kindergarten.
According to Edwards, the two fourth-graders were suspended last Tuesday, and they returned to classes Thursday when the suspension was overturned after he objected.
School officials declined to comment about the incident.
In October, school administrators sent out an advisory to parents saying students were prohibited from shaving symbols, numbers and letters into their hair. They said the policy was to discourage gang activity.