School district thinks bald is better than high&tight...

[Firethorn]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/03/26/school-named-after-war-hero-forces-child-to-shave-off-military-style-haircut/?intcmp=latestnews

Boy wants to have a haircut like his brother in the Army.  Principal deems it 'distracting', needing to be 'fixed'.  Result:  Boy gets even MORE military haircut(IE shaved bald).

While reading it I remember going "He's got a military style haircut, how do you propose to 'fix' that?  There's not enough hair left!"

The principal could have simply waited a couple weeks for the hair to grow out of regulations...

I'm also reminded that when it comes to things like hairdos and such, ANY change can be 'distracting' for about 5 minutes, then it goes away.  There are very few things that will be a constant source of distraction, as it'll simply become the new norm.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Huh. When i was in school about 1/2 the boys had that high and tight. Who did it distract? The primciple?


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[Phantom Warrior]

Agreed on all counts.  I was amused that the principal thought replacing a high and tight with the hair cut all basic training Soldiers receive and that schools such as Ranger consider the standard was _less_ military.  And seriously, what elementary school students pay that much attention to hair cuts?

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Let em know what you think

Monti Hillis   hillism1@warrenschools.com   Principal


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[roo_ster]

Let em know what you think

Monti Hillis   hillism1@warrenschools.com   Principal


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High and Uptight

Sir:

I had a high & tight every day I was enlisted as a Ranger.  A fresh haircut every Sunday, according to regs.  Perhaps, some day, you can come on over and meet my Wahl clippers and we can broaden your horizons a bit?

[RoadKingLarry]

A little Wahl to Wahl counseling?

[Firethorn]

A little Wahl to Wahl counseling?

 

 

[vaskidmark]

“They shamed my son and they shamed a lot of military people – that’s how I feel about it,” Amy said. She also would like the school to apologize to her son.

Patton tried to shame a soldier and was ordered to apologize (and admit  that his behavior was both inappropriate and wrong) in front of each and every member of his Army.  Took him something like 20 formations to repeat himself to all of them.

Think how much easier it will be for the principal to stand up at morning formation assembly and say he is sorry he got caught.

stay safe.

[Hawkmoon]

Let em know what you think

Monti Hillis   hillism1@warrenschools.com   Principal

Thank you. Message sent.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

The school system took down their facebook page
Rofl


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[griz]

I tried to send this but apparently they have abandoned their email address:

Inflicting your prejudice about haircuts (or the military) is a distraction to real education.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Kinda ironic in that the school is named after a MOH winner


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[MillCreek]

The David R. Ray branch medical clinic is but a few miles from me at Naval Station Everett.  I have read the plaque about HM2 Ray on the quarterdeck of the clinic.

[Scout26]

Kinda ironic in that the school is named after a MOH winner reciepent


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You don't "win"  the MOH, it is awarded.

[Hawkmoon]

I'm going to make a wild guess that the principal was inundated with comments. I sent mine this morning -- came home to find this response:

Your message could not be delivered. The reason for the failure and the original message appear below.

Reason: The account for user, hillism1@warrenschools.com, has been warehoused.

[Firethorn]

I tried to send this but apparently they have abandoned their email address:

Inflicting your prejudice about haircuts (or the military) is a distraction to real education.

What I find interesting is that military haircuts are generally considered conservative, at least for guys.

[Mannlicher]

and if there is one kid in school wearing a fade or dreadlocks, then by golly, I'd get an attorney and sue them to next year.

[BlueStarLizzard]

... how is high and tight against school regs for boys haircuts? I want to read this school regulation.

I don't even think of that as a specific military haircut, because so many guys have it as just a standard guy haircut.


I'm pretty sure half the little boys I went to school with had that or similar haircuts. The other standard was the bowl cut. I imagine parents of little boys often take advantage of being able to chop it all off and avoid the hassle of hairstyling an active child.
God knows my mother often got mine chopped as short as she could get away with in order to avoid the battle of getting it combed out and acceptable for public.

[Marnoot]

Reason: The account for user, hillism1@warrenschools.com, has been warehoused.

They need to warehouse the user, not the account.

[Brad Johnson]

They need to warehouse the user, not the account.

From the story it looks like the principal is the scapegoat. The "military style haircut" rule is from the wchool board, the principal was just doing his/her job by enforcing it. I detest the notion but can't fault the action. The school board and it's orwellian policy is the target of my ire.

Brad

[Hawkmoon]

From the story it looks like the principal is the scapegoat. The "military style haircut" rule is from the wchool board, the principal was just doing his/her job by enforcing it. I detest the notion but can't fault the action. The school board and it's orwellian policy is the target of my ire.

How can the rule have been implemented by the school board when the superintendent said there is no rule?

Has anyone found the actual text of the purported rule that was allegedly violated?

[Firethorn]

How can the rule have been implemented by the school board when the superintendent said there is no rule?

Has anyone found the actual text of the purported rule that was allegedly violated?

Searching the internet,
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/mar/28/elementary-principal-in-mcminnville-insists-military-haircut-is-mohawk-forces-2nd-haircut/295767/

Seems the kid's back to a 'high&tight' and the school's keeping it's mouth shut.  Probably because of the negative publicity and that there's not much room for a 'non-military' type haircut when you're starting from 'basically bald'. 

Oh, and this one says the principal thought it was a mohawk.  Hint principal, it's not a mohawk if the hair is standing straight up without the assistance of gel and such because it's so short.

The thing about military haircuts being against the rules were from several unattributed emails sent to the news.  So I'd say it's still unconfirmed.

[MechAg94]

Searching the internet,
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/mar/28/elementary-principal-in-mcminnville-insists-military-haircut-is-mohawk-forces-2nd-haircut/295767/

Seems the kid's back to a 'high&tight' and the school's keeping it's mouth shut.  Probably because of the negative publicity and that there's not much room for a 'non-military' type haircut when you're starting from 'basically bald'. 

Oh, and this one says the principal thought it was a mohawk.  Hint principal, it's not a mohawk if the hair is standing straight up without the assistance of gel and such because it's so short.

The thing about military haircuts being against the rules were from several unattributed emails sent to the news.  So I'd say it's still unconfirmed.

Sounds like it is back to the principal being an idiot. 

[Hawkmoon]

Sounds like it is back to the principal being an idiot. 

10-4

[HankB]

"In my day" by now the majority of the boys at that school would have had "high & tight" haircuts of their own.