Brickbat: Hacked Off

For their senior prank, three students at Lawrence High School in Kansas decided to partially shave the heads of some younger friends and siblings. The haircuts took place off campus, and the younger students volunteered for the haircuts. Still, school officials charged the seniors with hazing and bullying and suspended them. Even after parents explained they had given the OK for the head shaving, officials would not lift the suspensions.

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Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

I assume the students didn't have the necessary beautician's training and certifications.

[WWNGD?]

That is right FoE, they are lucky they were not charged with a crime for cutting hair without a state license.

[WWNGD?]

That will learn ya!

[Bee Tagger]

If President Mitt Romney supports hate crime legislation this should set things up for another epic rant from Penn Jillette.

[invisible furry hand]

Even after parents explained they had given the OK for the head shaving, officials would not lift the suspensions.

Silly parents, thinking they know better than some school official

[Ted S.]

Repeat after me: the biggest bully of them all is the State.

Of course the commentariat here knows this, but how do we get the general public to understnad this?

[heller]

Obviously we need a catchy song about it

Make the State kill itself!

[JW]

The terrorists morons have won.

[Mo' $parky]

School officials to parents: "No retreat, no surrender!"

[Rich]

Such apparently-idiotic "policy" incidents are actually sneaky attempts to reduce class size by finagling angry parents into withdrawing their kids.

[buntpunt]

I honestly dont think that dude has a cliue lol

http://www.Privacy-Nerds.tk

[califernian]

i don't have any problem with this except that it's a public school.

[Brendan]

Fair enough. Time to start holding the schools financially and perhaps even criminally responsible for what happens to students outside of school.

Student gets hit by reckless driver? Sue the school system, especially if it happens on the way to/from school.

Same with pregnancies, fights, any kind of fall, burn, cut, bruise, broken bone, etc.