TORONTO -- The parents of an 8-year-old Michigan student are speaking out after their daughter was denied a school photo for wearing red extensions in her hair.
Marian Scott was sent back to class during an annual student photoshoot session because school policy reportedly said 鈥渉air colour must be of natural tones.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 upsetting,鈥� said her father Doug Scott. 鈥淚f she鈥檚 not a disruption to the class, then why is she a disruption to the picture?鈥�
The Paragon Charter Academy handbook doesn鈥檛 outline a course of action if a student鈥檚 hair doesn鈥檛 follow the policy. The school told NBC affiliate WILX that a recorded message was sent out Sunday ahead of the shoot outlining dress code requirements, but the family did not see or hear it. They believe they should have been notified by the school so they could have taken steps to change her hair.
鈥淲e did this ourselves in our own home. There鈥檚 no way that I felt like this would happen,鈥� said her father. 鈥淚f they at least would have reached out to us and said 鈥楥ome get her, she鈥檚 got a hair issue, we need you to change it. That鈥檚 not allowed. I can show you in the handbook.鈥� They didn鈥檛 even go to (that extent). They let her stay in school.鈥�
The girl鈥檚 father said he hopes the incident provides the school community with an opportunity to reconsider policy.
