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The only way I see a hairstyle being distractive is when somebody has a huge afro. I had to sit two seats behind a kid with an afro before in class and I couldn't see the board at all.

I would understand if they wanted children to not wear provocative clothing but dying hair bright pink or blue is just a way of identifying themselves. As long as it doesn't go too far to where all they care about is how they look, I don't think the school should interfere with a child trying to be creative.


EDIT: (To add more because I had to go away from the computer..) I was a 3.2 GPA student (surprising when you look at how often I ditched class). I had purple hair, wore black platform boots, and corsets that pretty much had my breasts falling out of them. I sat in the front and center row of the class and I was never bothered about being a distraction. The only time I was a distraction was during PE. I never did anything in PE but chat with the other kids.. so that's completely different.

My high school had pretty low test scores.. but part of that was mostly due to the fact that we were situated in the middle of a bad neighborhood. Lower middle class parents had two jobs sometimes and were unable to help motivate their kids to go to school or do well in school.

My school was pretty lenient with the dress code.. we weren't allowed to wear sexy corsets to school.. but I suppose they made me an exception because of my good grades/citizenship.. plus I hung out with some of the teachers during lunch.

I suppose other kids' situations differ greatly from mine so dress codes should be used when needed, but rules like these ought to be decided between staff and parents together.