'They have been denied classroom instruction, barred from extracurricular activities, and forced to be suspended and separated from their peers for well over a month...,' the lawsuit says.
and would have also confined him to in-school suspension.Brian Klosterboer, an ACLU staff attorney, said the Magnolia School District appears to be taking discipline to a level that's detrimental to the students' learning. The students, he added, are not academically troubled or would otherwise be considered problem students.
One of the boys is Latino and wears a long ponytail, emulating his father and uncle with a hairstyle that is part of the family's heritage, Klosterboer said. The boy, who is 9 years old and in elementary school, was initially placed in in-school suspension for more than a month, then forced into a disciplinary alternative education program at another site, according to the suit.
"I don't think we've encountered what Magnolia is doing — that they're punishing a significant number of students," he said."Three students have been pushed out of school. Three were suspended and in in-school suspension for five weeks." Klosterboer said the students were looking forward to being back in the classroom for in-person learning after a school year of challenges and disruptions during the pandemic. He said he's unsure why the school district has"vigorously enforced" its hair policy, but that one of the plaintiffs has had long hair for the past five years without incurring disciplinary action.
Over the summer, some students and parents voiced opposition to the policy during a school board meeting. In a previous statement, the school district said it has had a dress code policy"for many years."
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