A video discusses several instances of students getting suspended from school for seemingly minor reasons.
One student, a sixth-grader, was told to change his haircut, which he had been wearing for months, after a teacher suddenly deemed it a dress code violation. The student was given the option to fix his hair or face discipline.
Another instance involved a student getting suspended for wearing a hoodie, despite the school selling hoodies with their logo. Some students felt that the real reason for the suspension was that the school didn't want to deal with the students.
Dozens of girls were suspended for wearing yoga pants to school, which the school deemed "revealing" and "unacceptable." The girls argued that they wore the pants for comfort, not to show off their bodies.
Lastly, an eighth-grader was suspended for 10 days for responding to a social media post with "do it," which was perceived as encouraging someone to harm themselves. The student's parents were shocked by the suspension.
The video raises questions about the power of schools to discipline students for actions taken outside of school hours and off school property.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. A sixth-grade boy was suspended from school because of his haircut.
2. The boy had two lines in his hair, which was against the school's dress code policy.
3. The school policy states that "letters, symbols, and designs beyond a single straight line which draw attention to an individual shall not be permitted."
4. The boy had had the same haircut for several months without issue until a teacher complained.
5. The boy was given the option to change his haircut or face discipline.
6. The boy used a permanent marker to color in the lines in his hair to comply with the school's policy.
7. Dozens of students at Penn Hills School District were suspended for wearing hoodies to school.
8. The district's new dress code policy bans hoodies, but allows sweaters without hoods.
9. Some students felt that the policy was unfair and that hoodies were not a distraction in class.
10. The district suspended 46 students for dress code violations between Monday and Thursday of one week.
11. Dozens of girls at Loveland High School were suspended or sent home for wearing yoga pants to school.
12. The school administrators believed that yoga pants were too revealing and distracting.
13. Students felt that the policy was unfair and that yoga pants were comfortable and not distracting.
14. An eighth-grader, Logan Johnson, was suspended for 10 days for replying "do it" to a friend's joke post on social media.
15. The student who made the original post had suggested drinking bleach, and Johnson's reply was seen as encouraging the behavior.
16. Johnson's parents were shocked by the suspension and felt that it was too harsh.