Twelve-year-old Brianna Moore returned Tuesday to her sixth grade at Shue-Medill Middle School after Christina School District officials overruled a school rule that prohibited unnatural or "excessive" hair colors.Brianna said she was glad that the incident was behind her, but does not regret her attitude."I must stand up for myself as well," she said after getting off the bus Tuesday.Her father, Kevin Moore, said he was glad the district is quickly resolved the issue. "It's a crazy thing to get so uptight about it," he said.
The incident took a second look at the policies of the school, which was unique in one of four district high schools are asked, district spokeswoman Wendy Lapham said. "It is likely that we will revise this policy," Lapham said.Brianna returned to school after negotiations between the district attorney and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Delaware, who had begun working on behalf of the Moore family Tuesday."They will not be suspended tomorrow, next week, next month, etc., for the pink hair," the district attorney, James McMackin, wrote in an e-mail to ACLU lawyer Richard Morse. "District policy does not apply in respect of the capsule on the agenda."The problem started a week ago, when Brianna's parents, Kevin and Wendy Moore, dyed her hair pink as a reward for raising her grades and making the honor roll for the first time. They had done the same, without objection, when she was a fifth class of the same district, Marshall Elementary School.Brianna went to school Thursday, but was immediately turned away because a school official told her father that her hair violated the school policy. During a meeting Monday, school officials told Kevin Moore that Brianna would not be allowed in regular classrooms with pink hair. She could bleach her hair, wait for it to fade, while in-school suspension or go to another Christina high school, he said he was told.Kathleen MacRae, director of the ACLU of Delaware, said that too many schools to suspend or expel students for minor rule violations which are not related to disruptive behavior.
The incident took a second look at the policies of the school, which was unique in one of four district high schools are asked, district spokeswoman Wendy Lapham said. "It is likely that we will revise this policy," Lapham said.Brianna returned to school after negotiations between the district attorney and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Delaware, who had begun working on behalf of the Moore family Tuesday."They will not be suspended tomorrow, next week, next month, etc., for the pink hair," the district attorney, James McMackin, wrote in an e-mail to ACLU lawyer Richard Morse. "District policy does not apply in respect of the capsule on the agenda."The problem started a week ago, when Brianna's parents, Kevin and Wendy Moore, dyed her hair pink as a reward for raising her grades and making the honor roll for the first time. They had done the same, without objection, when she was a fifth class of the same district, Marshall Elementary School.Brianna went to school Thursday, but was immediately turned away because a school official told her father that her hair violated the school policy. During a meeting Monday, school officials told Kevin Moore that Brianna would not be allowed in regular classrooms with pink hair. She could bleach her hair, wait for it to fade, while in-school suspension or go to another Christina high school, he said he was told.Kathleen MacRae, director of the ACLU of Delaware, said that too many schools to suspend or expel students for minor rule violations which are not related to disruptive behavior.
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