8-year-old Marian Scott was denied getting her school picture taken because of her hair. 'If she's not a disruption to the class then why is she a disruption to the picture,' her father said.
A Michigan third-grader was told she could not take her school picture because there was red in her hair, according to her family.
Marian Scott, who is black, showed up to school for picture day with red braids fashioned into a bun. But school officials told the 8-year-old her hair violated the picture-day policy and“Marian didn’t leave out the house, go down the street, and go get this done on her own,” her father, Doug Scott, told WILX. “She’s 8-years-old. We did this ourselves in our home and there's no way I felt like this would happen.
Marian’s school, the Paragon Charter Academy in Jackson, Michigan, 85 miles west of Detroit, has a strict dress code in its student handbook, outlining that hair color must be in “natural tones” to get pictures taken. Paragon Academy also says that hairstyles must be “conservative” and “extreme hairstyles” are not permitted.
The school sent out a recorded message the Sunday before picture day detailing the dress code, the local station reported, but Scott said he never saw the message. Had he seen it, Scott said he would have changed his daughter’s hair. Scott also said he doesn’t understand why his daughter was allowed back in class, but couldn’t take the picture.NBC News reached out to Paragon Academy, which did not immediately respond. The school’s principal, Ben Kriesch, told WILX that students are given a week to “correct” their hair style violations, which is why Marian was allowed to stay in class.Ben Kesslen
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