Houston-area boy banned from school because of long hair

A 4-year-old boy in the Houston area was forced out of his school because of his long hair.

Jessica Oates, 25, of Baytown, and her son Jabez were told Friday afternoon by administrators at Barber’s Hill kindergarten center that he could not return to school unless his long locks were chopped.

On Monday, Oates put Jabez’s hair in a bun using a black hair tie and tried to take him to school. The pair were turned away and not let out of the car because his hair still violated the school’s dress code, Oates told Chron.comTuesday morning. Despite having to call out of her job at a restaurant Tuesday because Jabez couldn’t go to school, Oates has no intention of cutting his hair.

“It’s not an option,” Oates told Chron.com. “It’s part of my child.”

Oates plans on addressing the Barber’s Hill Independent School District board Sept. 1 to plead her case on behalf of her son. In the meantime, she has taken to Facebook to find support.

P/C PIXABAY