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Magnolia School District still punishes kids for having inappropriate long-hair if they are considered male.

Posted by Qale (aka Qale) Oct 21 '21, 09:55

"The legal precedent is a 1972 case called Karr v. Schmidt involving a school district in El Paso that had hair policy that treated boys and girl differently. The trial judge found the policy discriminatory, but the 5th U.S. Circuit determined it was not a constitutional claim because all boys were equally protected. This was before the U.S. Supreme Court made it plain that heightened scrutiny was necessary in such cases, Klosterboer said.

The Texas Supreme Court had two haircut discrimination cases involving schools in the 1990s. The state’s justices ruled that Texas could treat people differently. But since then other circuits have had to comply with the higher standard of scrutiny."

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I went to an Elementry School in El Paso that banned wearing shorts to school even for Gym Class. Kids were doing PE in jeans. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 09:59 4
- My senior year of HS was at a school that forbid shorts except for gym. After several days of a huge number of us changing into short after homeroom I - Spawn Oct 21, 11:13 [Backboard]
- My high school had a fairly strict dress code for a public school, that's a special kind of stupid. - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 21, 10:10
- Thighs are the devil's playground, as we all know. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 10:04 1
  - basically the reason given -- nm - budice Oct 21, 10:20
There's a lot to unpack with this one: Rolling Coal, a packed Whataburger, and the TikTok trend of increasingly dangerous stunts. -- (link) - Qale Oct 21, 09:58 [tiktok] 3
- And finally today in local news, a 89-unit housing complex for those aged out of foster care has broken ground. - Qale Oct 21, 10:04 2
  - Fantastic! It's a huge area of need. -- nm - spamlet Oct 21, 10:18
  - that's *great*. -- nm - Andie Oct 21, 10:14

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Magnolia School District still punishes kids for having inappropriate long-hair if they are considered male.

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