Girl, 4, kept out of school for pink hair

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Girl, 4, kept out of school for pink hair

Web Posted: 02/02/2007 01:21 AM CST

Drew Rosegen
KENS 5 Eyewitness News

A 4-year-old Uvalde girl was banned from her pre-school because of her hair color.

Natalyn Gracia loves her pink hair and so does her dad, Ricardo, but the Dalton Early Childhood Center calls her extreme and she's missed the last four days of school because of it.

Ricardo had her hair dyed for a school parade back in October. But, he said, he never got the warning letter that came two weeks later.

If he had, he would not have had her hair re-pinked over the Christmas break.

A spokeswoman for the school said they are working with Ricardo to make sure the girl is under compliance with the schools rules, which means she has to lose the pink hair.

"I think it's being too harsh, too abusive," Richard said.

And now out of school, Natalyn, is just practicing her Spanish and her English and counting to 10 in Latin. She's also counting the days until she returns to school.

The school should let her back in and then figure out what is too extreme, Ricardo said, but for the moment neither side is budging.
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I wonder if the dad read the Parent Handbook and if that rule was in there, then the dad was responsible for reading it.

If that rule is not in the Handbook, then the school is at fault and shouldnt suspend the child.

Wow...seems like pre-schoolers are getting suspended from school these days. Geez! That is a disturbing trend.
 
I heard about this yesterday on the local news.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with a 4 year old having pink hair. It's not like the kid is a troublemaker...she just really likes having pink hair. Give her a break! There are much worse things that people need to worry about than pink hair!

I hope they let her keep the pink hair and let her back in school. I think she looks so cute in pink!

I am on the girl's and the dad's side.
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
I heard about this yesterday on the local news.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with a 4 year old having pink hair. It's not like the kid is a troublemaker...she just really likes having pink hair. Give her a break!

I hope they let her keep the pink hair and let her back in school. I think she looks so cute in pink!

I am on the girl and the dad's side.
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Nevermind...Jolie has the link. I am tired ..been up since 530 AM with the baby. GRRRR!
 
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I agree, It apparently seems to be a trend for those pre-schoolers.

However, maybe they are suspending the girl because they wanted to keep the appearance to the minimum? I personally don't think there is anything wrong with having a hair color like this and besides it puts the "fun" in the personality.
 
Jolie_77 said:
I agree, It apparently seems to be a trend for those pre-schoolers.

However, maybe they are suspending the girl because they wanted to keep the appearance to the minimum? I personally don't think there is anything wrong with having a hair color like this and besides it puts the "fun" in the personality.
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Maybe the school wants to make sure that policy (if it is there) is still being enforced cuz if they bend the rules and then more and more kids start getting their hair dyed in extreme colors and makes it distracting in the classroom. On the other hand, I think it is cool and it would be a fun trend for our kids but we have to see why there is a policy in the first place. Maybe the school has good reasons.
 
shel90 said:
Maybe the school wants to make sure that policy (if it is there) is still being enforced cuz if they bend the rules and then more and more kids start getting their hair dyed in extreme colors and makes it distracting in the classroom. On the other hand, I think it is cool and it would be a fun trend for our kids but we have to see why there is a policy in the first place. Maybe the school has good reasons.
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I think all kids should be allowed to dye their hair extreme colors.

Hell, I even wish there was a law against discrimination based on hair color (extreme colors that is) in schools AND in the workplace. That would be awesome.
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
I think all kids should be allowed to dye their hair extreme colors.

Hell, I even wish there was a law against discrimination based on hair color (extreme colors that is) in schools AND in the workplace. That would be awesome.
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Yea that would be fun but what if parents who are into the ghetto look start dressing and then sending their chidren to pre-school with metal-looking teeth, fake tatoos displaying their gang symbols and baggy pants showing off their undies? I am wondering if that is why the school is being strict about the dress code due to the problem with kids dressing in gang colors and then causing disruptions at school? That's why I prefer to find out what is their reason for banning extreme hair colors. I have a feeling it is related to the gang clothing issues.
 
shel90 said:
Yea that would be fun but what if parents who are into the ghetto look start dressing and then sending their chidren to pre-school with metal-looking teeth, fake tatoos displaying their gang symbols and baggy pants showing off their undies? I am wondering if that is why the school is being strict about the dress code due to the problem with kids dressing in gang colors and then causing disruptions at school? That's why I prefer to find out what is their reason for banning extreme hair colors. I have a feeling it is related to the gang clothing issues.
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LOL...I don't think I've ever seen a gang member dye their hair neon pink or purple or whatever. Most gang members I have seen just wear clothes that have colors of their gang (red/black or blue/black) and have bandannas of their gang color hanging out of their back pocket, baggy jeans, etc.

And yes, many times I have been so tempted to just go up to a kid whose pants is hanging below their waist and pull their pants way up to their armpits...can you say STEVE URKEL!!! But I won't do it cause I know it would totally piss the kid off.

I think having extreme hair colors would be fine, but no gang clothes or gang related logos/tattos/etc allowed. Usually extreme hair colors are not related to gangs anyway.
 
Hmmm.... Doesn't the school send home rules handbook for parents to read then sign the slip in the handbook that the parents and the child read and understand the school's policy?...But then reading where it say the father did not know anything about this until 2 weeks later after dying his 4 years old daughter's hair pink...I wonder if it was temporary or permanent haircolors, cause usually when using haircolor that is temporary it wash out the next day...:ugh3:


I can understand where the school stands on this cause we do have a policy at my children school about clothing and hair colors that are not acceptable to be wored during school days... I dunno what to say about this but if it was printed in the rules handbook, then the father should have never dye his daughter's hair pink, but if it wasn't then that something the father should do regarding to his daughter being banned from allowing to attend school....
 
Maybe the school didn't include a rule about coloring pre-schoolers' hair because they never expected anyone to to do that.

I can understand maybe using a shampoo-in, shampoo-out temporary color rinse for a special occasion. But I don't think it's wise to use a strong bleaching solution or permanent hair color chemical on a young child's head.

I've worked with professional people in the cosmetology industry, so I'm not just blowing smoke on this.

The child isn't coloring her own hair. The dad is doing it. Why? Just because the kid "loves" pink hair? Maybe she "loves" chocolate candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Does that mean the dad has to give it to her? :roll:
 
er um... Pink hair... It's so cute!

why can't let child have nice fun hair..? School banned? Wha.. a joke?

Sound alike Discrimination their colors looks because of hair?

My little son had temporary dye blue hair... couple years ago! Their school not giving my son suspended because of his hair When he was in Grade 3.. I've seen young children had dyed their hair color looks.
 
LuciaDisturbed said:
LOL...I don't think I've ever seen a gang member dye their hair neon pink or purple or whatever. Most gang members I have seen just wear clothes that have colors of their gang (red/black or blue/black) and have bandannas of their gang color hanging out of their back pocket, baggy jeans, etc.

And yes, many times I have been so tempted to just go up to a kid whose pants is hanging below their waist and pull their pants way up to their armpits...can you say STEVE URKEL!!! But I won't do it cause I know it would totally piss the kid off.

I think having extreme hair colors would be fine, but no gang clothes or gang related logos/tattos/etc allowed. Usually extreme hair colors are not related to gangs anyway.
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I know that coloring hair has nothing to do with gangs but if the kids are allowed to color their hairs then those who want to dress like gangs or whatever will stir trouble saying that they have the same rights. I think the school wants to be strict on anything so nobody can bitch about fairness or try to find a loophole.
 
Angel said:
I wonder if it was temporary or permanent haircolors, cause usually when using haircolor that is temporary it wash out the next day...:ugh3:
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There is temporary hair color but it is just the stuff that you spray on your hair and wash out next day...Halloween stuff.

And from what the article sounds like, (and I saw the picture of the haircolor on the girl) it looks like she may have used the semi permanent kind, which doesn't completely wash out, but will fade somewhat after a few weeks. And as far as I know, there is NO completely permanent pink hair dye...just temporary and semi permanent. There are some colors that are completely permanent but pink is certainly not one of them. I know there is one for purple and I think blue....

I have pink and purple hair, I dyed my hair over two weeks ago and it is still very bright and strong. Pink is one of the hardest colors to fade.
 
Reba said:
Maybe the school didn't include a rule about coloring pre-schoolers' hair because they never expected anyone to to do that.

I can understand maybe using a shampoo-in, shampoo-out temporary color rinse for a special occasion. But I don't think it's wise to use a strong bleaching solution or permanent hair color chemical on a young child's head.

I've worked with professional people in the cosmetology industry, so I'm not just blowing smoke on this.

The child isn't coloring her own hair. The dad is doing it. Why? Just because the kid "loves" pink hair? Maybe she "loves" chocolate candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Does that mean the dad has to give it to her? :roll:
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I saw the pink hair on the girl...it looks like her dad did not bleach her hair before putting the pink dye in, cause I saw some light brown hair as well...usually if you have dark brown or black, it's best to bleach your hair before putting extreme color dye in, but it looks like her hair is light enough to take the pink. Also, if her dad used "Manic Panic" or "Special Effects" (SFX) the dyes are of the veggie type, actually good for your hair anyway. It's the bleaching that is really bad for your hair.
 
:offtopic: Angel, u and Cheri are sisters?? I didnt know that! Twin sisters? U look alike?


Slap me for going off topic!!! I am sssaaawwwrrryyy! :giggle:
 
Eeek.. 4 years old dyed her hair pink?? I believe she is too young to be having colors like that, I'm even more surprised her father allowed that too. :eek:

My son goes to first grade and they send home a handbook during his very first day of school, it shows specific rules and set standards which are appropriate for school like dress code, also for health and safely no style of color hair will be permitted which may present a danger to health and safely of the individuals or to those with whom he/she associates, and also stated that make up at elementary level is not acceptable too.

I believe the father did not even bothered to read the handbook, or maybe it didn't note that under the handbook who knows there's not enough information to this article.

I don't know if this 4 years old is in pre-school or elementary school it didn't say much about the school.

I would not like to see young children with bright hair colors like pink, purple, yellow, orange or wearing slutty clothes during their appropriate ages.
 
A 4 years old girl was being suspended from school because of that color hair... :roll:
 
shel90 said:
:offtopic: Angel, u and Cheri are sisters?? I didnt know that! Twin sisters? U look alike?:
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Yes, we are sisters, why? did someone mention my name in here before a post was removed or something?
 
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