"I’m calling and emailing because they are [known] for mistreating little Black boys in that district!!!" a local resident expressed online.
A Texas middle school official is under f*ire for requesting a student to fill in their shaved haircut with a marker.
The Houston Chronicle reports an assistant principal at Berry Miller Junior High School has been dismissed on administrative leave following an i*ncident with a male student that resulted in the child filling in his shaved head with a marker.
The publication reports the adolescent was in v*iolation of Pearland Independent School District's dress code which prohibits “e*xtreme hairstyles such as carvings, mohawks, spikes, etc.”
According to Yahoo, the child's mother or guardian Angela Washington posted her disapproval about the decision on Facebook last Friday, Apri 19. The note states that the student described as "Juelz" had his hair c*ut on Tuesday and arrived for class on Wednesday with his hair shaven with a carved "M" on the side.
The school official reportedly told her son that his designs were in d*efiance of the district's rules and offered him yo either call his mother, complete his day in detention or fill in the shaved parts of his head with a permanent black marker. Juelz chose the latter.
"They did not call to inform me at all," wrote Washington before uploading photos of the coloration on her child's head, noting that it remained visible days afterward.
Washington's post sparked local interest and outrage, with over 2,500 shares and 1,700 comments as of Wednesday afternoon.
"That's child a*buse, please report this!!" urged one.
"That’s d*isrespectful," another replied. "I’ve seen people with all the colors of the rainbow in their heads when I was in school and they want to do this. Go to the superintendent or a board meeting. At least your patient if that were my son I’d be in j*ail right now."
"I’m calling and emailing because they are [known] for mistreating little Black boys in that district!!!" a third wrote.
The negative responses prompted the Pearland school district to acknowledge the i*ncident and issue an apology.
The statement confirmed that the young boy, indeed, defied the rules but they also admitted that the Assistant Principal's response to color in his hair “is not condoned by the district and does not align with appropriate measures for dress code v*iolations.”
“District administration has contacted the student’s family to express our e*xtreme d*isappointment in this situation, which does not fall in line with the values of Pearland ISD,” it continued.
The school district's Trustee Mike Floyd also shared Washington's post on Tuesday and a*dvocated for the school administrator to be f*ired.
“From what we’re seeing emerging right now in the public discourse, it’s just absolutely i*nappropriate what occurred,” Floyd wrote. “The real problem is there’s a clear and obvious display of a lack of j*udgment.”
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