Mom upset after 9-year-old suspended over hair color
(WISN/CNN) — A mother said her 9-year-old daughter was suspended from her private school in Wisconsin because of the color of her braids.
Jalissa Taylor said her daughter, a fourth-grader at Hope Christian School in Racine, never received a warning from school administrators before the suspension.
“She came to me crying,” Taylor said. “This is a hairstyle she picked. It’s just one big braid, going in a circle with a little bit of color to it — and now it’s a distraction.”
The school sent a letter home Tuesday, saying the fourth-grader violated the dress code policy. Students cannot dye or change their hair color, and girls can only wear solid blue, black, gray or white headbands.
“I called the school and when they did answer the phone, I’m like, ‘Please work with me, let me know.’ Don’t wait ’till you gonna suspend my kid to come tell me, ‘Oh, she was doing this, she was doing that, and this is not appropriate.’ It’s like no one told me anything,” Taylor said.
The mom said this isn’t the first time her daughter has worn a colorful hairstyle to school, and school administrators said they have discussed the dress code with Taylor.
However, they did not confirm whether Taylor and her daughter received a warning.
Administrators told WISN-TV that “all concerns have been addressed.”
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