On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:04:11 -0500, Harry
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:34:12 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"jps" wrote in message
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MESQUITE, Texas -

The parents of a 4-year-old boy disciplined for having long hair have
rejected a compromise from a Texas school board that agreed to adjust
its grooming policy.

The impasse means pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh will remain in
in-school suspension, sitting alone with a teacher's aide in a
library. He has been sequestered from classmates at Floyd Elementary
School in Mesquite, a Dallas suburb, since late November.

After a closed-door meeting Monday, the Mesquite school board decided
the boy could wear his hair in tight braids but keep it no longer than
his ears. But his parents say the adjustment isn't enough for Taylor,
who wears his hair long, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

His mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she'll pull back Taylor's hair in a
ponytail, acknowledging the style will keep him suspended.

According to the district dress code, boys' hair must be kept out of
the eyes and cannot extend below the bottom of earlobes or over the
collar of a dress shirt. Fads in hairstyles "designed to attract
attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the
classroom or campus is not permitted," the policy states.

The district is known for standing tough on its dress code. Last year,
a seventh-grader was sent home for wearing black skinny pants. His
parents chose to home-school him.

On its Web site, the district says its code is in place because
"students who dress and groom themselves neatly, and in an acceptable
and appropriate manner, are more likely to become constructive members
of the society in which we live."

Taylor said her fight is not over. She and her husband are considering
taking the district to court or appealing to the State Board of
Education.

"I know that there are a whole set of steps we can take," she said.



God forbid individualism. That's too American for Texas.

Where's the outrage by the right for the trampling of individual freedom???

Individual freedoms in a goverment-subsidized school?

A lot more than will be found in the typical fundie right-wing christian
school

Does a child have the freedom to choose to not go to school?

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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:04:11 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:34:12 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"jps" wrote in message
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MESQUITE, Texas -

The parents of a 4-year-old boy disciplined for having long hair have
rejected a compromise from a Texas school board that agreed to adjust
its grooming policy.

The impasse means pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh will remain in
in-school suspension, sitting alone with a teacher's aide in a
library. He has been sequestered from classmates at Floyd Elementary
School in Mesquite, a Dallas suburb, since late November.

After a closed-door meeting Monday, the Mesquite school board decided
the boy could wear his hair in tight braids but keep it no longer than
his ears. But his parents say the adjustment isn't enough for Taylor,
who wears his hair long, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

His mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she'll pull back Taylor's hair in a
ponytail, acknowledging the style will keep him suspended.

According to the district dress code, boys' hair must be kept out of
the eyes and cannot extend below the bottom of earlobes or over the
collar of a dress shirt. Fads in hairstyles "designed to attract
attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the
classroom or campus is not permitted," the policy states.

The district is known for standing tough on its dress code. Last year,
a seventh-grader was sent home for wearing black skinny pants. His
parents chose to home-school him.

On its Web site, the district says its code is in place because
"students who dress and groom themselves neatly, and in an acceptable
and appropriate manner, are more likely to become constructive members
of the society in which we live."

Taylor said her fight is not over. She and her husband are considering
taking the district to court or appealing to the State Board of
Education.

"I know that there are a whole set of steps we can take," she said.



God forbid individualism. That's too American for Texas.
Where's the outrage by the right for the trampling of individual freedom???
Individual freedoms in a goverment-subsidized school?
A lot more than will be found in the typical fundie right-wing christian
school

Does a child have the freedom to choose to not go to school?


Choosing *not* to go to school is not a freedom offered minors.


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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:17:10 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:04:11 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:34:12 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"jps" wrote in message
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MESQUITE, Texas -

The parents of a 4-year-old boy disciplined for having long hair have
rejected a compromise from a Texas school board that agreed to adjust
its grooming policy.

The impasse means pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh will remain in
in-school suspension, sitting alone with a teacher's aide in a
library. He has been sequestered from classmates at Floyd Elementary
School in Mesquite, a Dallas suburb, since late November.

After a closed-door meeting Monday, the Mesquite school board decided
the boy could wear his hair in tight braids but keep it no longer than
his ears. But his parents say the adjustment isn't enough for Taylor,
who wears his hair long, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

His mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she'll pull back Taylor's hair in a
ponytail, acknowledging the style will keep him suspended.

According to the district dress code, boys' hair must be kept out of
the eyes and cannot extend below the bottom of earlobes or over the
collar of a dress shirt. Fads in hairstyles "designed to attract
attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the
classroom or campus is not permitted," the policy states.

The district is known for standing tough on its dress code. Last year,
a seventh-grader was sent home for wearing black skinny pants. His
parents chose to home-school him.

On its Web site, the district says its code is in place because
"students who dress and groom themselves neatly, and in an acceptable
and appropriate manner, are more likely to become constructive members
of the society in which we live."

Taylor said her fight is not over. She and her husband are considering
taking the district to court or appealing to the State Board of
Education.

"I know that there are a whole set of steps we can take," she said.



God forbid individualism. That's too American for Texas.
Where's the outrage by the right for the trampling of individual freedom???
Individual freedoms in a goverment-subsidized school?
A lot more than will be found in the typical fundie right-wing christian
school

Does a child have the freedom to choose to not go to school?


Choosing *not* to go to school is not a freedom offered minors.

Exactly. (Not to doubly negative about it, mind you.)

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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:17:10 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:04:11 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:34:12 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"jps" wrote in message
...
MESQUITE, Texas -

The parents of a 4-year-old boy disciplined for having long hair have
rejected a compromise from a Texas school board that agreed to adjust
its grooming policy.

The impasse means pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh will remain in
in-school suspension, sitting alone with a teacher's aide in a
library. He has been sequestered from classmates at Floyd Elementary
School in Mesquite, a Dallas suburb, since late November.

After a closed-door meeting Monday, the Mesquite school board decided
the boy could wear his hair in tight braids but keep it no longer than
his ears. But his parents say the adjustment isn't enough for Taylor,
who wears his hair long, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

His mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she'll pull back Taylor's hair in a
ponytail, acknowledging the style will keep him suspended.

According to the district dress code, boys' hair must be kept out of
the eyes and cannot extend below the bottom of earlobes or over the
collar of a dress shirt. Fads in hairstyles "designed to attract
attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the
classroom or campus is not permitted," the policy states.

The district is known for standing tough on its dress code. Last year,
a seventh-grader was sent home for wearing black skinny pants. His
parents chose to home-school him.

On its Web site, the district says its code is in place because
"students who dress and groom themselves neatly, and in an acceptable
and appropriate manner, are more likely to become constructive members
of the society in which we live."

Taylor said her fight is not over. She and her husband are considering
taking the district to court or appealing to the State Board of
Education.

"I know that there are a whole set of steps we can take," she said.



God forbid individualism. That's too American for Texas.
Where's the outrage by the right for the trampling of individual freedom???
Individual freedoms in a goverment-subsidized school?
A lot more than will be found in the typical fundie right-wing christian
school
Does a child have the freedom to choose to not go to school?

Choosing *not* to go to school is not a freedom offered minors.

Exactly. (Not to doubly negative about it, mind you.)
But But He does have the freedom of speech to bitch about it.

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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:04:11 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:34:12 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"jps" wrote in message
...
MESQUITE, Texas -

The parents of a 4-year-old boy disciplined for having long hair have
rejected a compromise from a Texas school board that agreed to adjust
its grooming policy.

The impasse means pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh will remain in
in-school suspension, sitting alone with a teacher's aide in a
library. He has been sequestered from classmates at Floyd Elementary
School in Mesquite, a Dallas suburb, since late November.

After a closed-door meeting Monday, the Mesquite school board decided
the boy could wear his hair in tight braids but keep it no longer than
his ears. But his parents say the adjustment isn't enough for Taylor,
who wears his hair long, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.

His mother, Elizabeth Taylor, said she'll pull back Taylor's hair in a
ponytail, acknowledging the style will keep him suspended.

According to the district dress code, boys' hair must be kept out of
the eyes and cannot extend below the bottom of earlobes or over the
collar of a dress shirt. Fads in hairstyles "designed to attract
attention to the individual or to disrupt the orderly conduct of the
classroom or campus is not permitted," the policy states.

The district is known for standing tough on its dress code. Last year,
a seventh-grader was sent home for wearing black skinny pants. His
parents chose to home-school him.

On its Web site, the district says its code is in place because
"students who dress and groom themselves neatly, and in an acceptable
and appropriate manner, are more likely to become constructive members
of the society in which we live."

Taylor said her fight is not over. She and her husband are considering
taking the district to court or appealing to the State Board of
Education.

"I know that there are a whole set of steps we can take," she said.



God forbid individualism. That's too American for Texas.

Where's the outrage by the right for the trampling of individual
freedom???

Individual freedoms in a goverment-subsidized school?

A lot more than will be found in the typical fundie right-wing christian
school

Does a child have the freedom to choose to not go to school?


A parent has a choice to home-school, given certain requirements. Children
don't typically have a legal voice of their own. They must usually be
represented by an adult. It's in the best interest of society for the
population to be educated. I suppose you disagree with this.

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On 12/01/2010 5:53 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

A parent has a choice to home-school, given certain requirements. Children
don't typically have a legal voice of their own. They must usually be
represented by an adult. It's in the best interest of society for the
population to be educated. I suppose you disagree with this.

And given how people make excuses, and get away with it. Might as well
repeal the requirements.

BTW, I think all children should be going physically to a school unless
circumstances are abobiously unavoidable. Such as a family on an island
manning a lighthouse and the nearest school is 100 miles away.

Chop the squakers hair and march to school...

"Canuck57" wrote in message
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On 12/01/2010 5:53 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

A parent has a choice to home-school, given certain requirements.
Children
don't typically have a legal voice of their own. They must usually be
represented by an adult. It's in the best interest of society for the
population to be educated. I suppose you disagree with this.

And given how people make excuses, and get away with it. Might as well
repeal the requirements.

BTW, I think all children should be going physically to a school unless
circumstances are abobiously unavoidable. Such as a family on an island
manning a lighthouse and the nearest school is 100 miles away.

Chop the squakers hair and march to school...


Actually, homeschooled kids tend to do better academically.

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nom=de=plume wrote:
"Canuck57" wrote in message
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On 12/01/2010 5:53 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

A parent has a choice to home-school, given certain requirements.
Children
don't typically have a legal voice of their own. They must usually be
represented by an adult. It's in the best interest of society for the
population to be educated. I suppose you disagree with this.
And given how people make excuses, and get away with it. Might as well
repeal the requirements.

BTW, I think all children should be going physically to a school unless
circumstances are abobiously unavoidable. Such as a family on an island
manning a lighthouse and the nearest school is 100 miles away.

Chop the squakers hair and march to school...


Actually, homeschooled kids tend to do better academically.

Head of their class. Eh

"Gene" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:51:04 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"Canuck57" wrote in message
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On 12/01/2010 5:53 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

A parent has a choice to home-school, given certain requirements.
Children
don't typically have a legal voice of their own. They must usually be
represented by an adult. It's in the best interest of society for the
population to be educated. I suppose you disagree with this.

And given how people make excuses, and get away with it. Might as well
repeal the requirements.

BTW, I think all children should be going physically to a school unless
circumstances are abobiously unavoidable. Such as a family on an island
manning a lighthouse and the nearest school is 100 miles away.

Chop the squakers hair and march to school...


Actually, homeschooled kids tend to do better academically.

This is true, with reservations.

They tend to be excellent readers with good written communications
skills. One-on-one verbal skills are excellent.

Group verbal communication and socialization skills tend to be from
fair to exceedingly poor.

They tend to do very well in math, through college algebra.... trig
and beyond is a vast sea of ignorance.

They tend to be well versed in certain areas of history, but perform
poorly in world history.

Most home schooling texts stress recall and these kids excel at that,
though they have a lot of issues with synthesis of ideas and problem
solving. They perform very well when given directions, but suffer when
tasked with giving directions. (Probably not surprising, other
countries teach in much the same fashion and those foreign nationals
suffer from identical issues.)

Employers.... when asked what is important in the workplace, seldom
mention "academics." Communication and Teamwork are usually at the top
of their list..... and most home schooled and private schooled kids
don't get enough of these skills....


Hmmm... you have a source for this data?

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"Gene" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:26:48 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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"Gene" wrote in message
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On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:51:04 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"Canuck57" wrote in message
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On 12/01/2010 5:53 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

A parent has a choice to home-school, given certain requirements.
Children
don't typically have a legal voice of their own. They must usually be
represented by an adult. It's in the best interest of society for the
population to be educated. I suppose you disagree with this.

And given how people make excuses, and get away with it. Might as
well
repeal the requirements.

BTW, I think all children should be going physically to a school
unless
circumstances are abobiously unavoidable. Such as a family on an
island
manning a lighthouse and the nearest school is 100 miles away.

Chop the squakers hair and march to school...


Actually, homeschooled kids tend to do better academically.

This is true, with reservations.

They tend to be excellent readers with good written communications
skills. One-on-one verbal skills are excellent.

Group verbal communication and socialization skills tend to be from
fair to exceedingly poor.

They tend to do very well in math, through college algebra.... trig
and beyond is a vast sea of ignorance.

They tend to be well versed in certain areas of history, but perform
poorly in world history.

Most home schooling texts stress recall and these kids excel at that,
though they have a lot of issues with synthesis of ideas and problem
solving. They perform very well when given directions, but suffer when
tasked with giving directions. (Probably not surprising, other
countries teach in much the same fashion and those foreign nationals
suffer from identical issues.)

Employers.... when asked what is important in the workplace, seldom
mention "academics." Communication and Teamwork are usually at the top
of their list..... and most home schooled and private schooled kids
don't get enough of these skills....


Hmmm... you have a source for this data?

Yes, I do.... at least, in part. I have information from employers....
simplified..... and expanded, as a DACUM.
http://www.ccsf.edu/Services/CTE/crc/dacum.html

The specifics of the classes and students.... well, that's my
accumulated wisdom....


Interesting....

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