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The school board will vote on Monday on whether or not junior Jim Stacks Should be able to grow his hair out for Locks of Love

“We have rules for a reason, and we can’t just go breaking them anytime we want.  The school would be in chaos then.” Principal Tonya King said.

The school dress code states that male students’ hair must be shorter than collar-length and must be a natural color.

At the beginning of the school year, Stacks asked principal Tonya King permission to grow his hair longer so he would be able to donate his hair to a group that makes wigs for sick children.

The school board has decided to have a meeting next week to discuss this issue.

“I was disappointed when Mrs. King turned my request down. not very many people donate hair.”

We interviewed the president of the school board and we concluded that he couldn’t comment on this topic right now.

“I can’t comment on this issue right now.  We will discuss it at the board meeting next week. I will say that the letter was well-written and had some good points.”

A letter was written to the school board in support of Stacks.

“The letter was signed by 350 students. Attached to the letter, the council listed 150 students who also were willing to grow their hair to donate to the Locks of Love organization. Seventy-eight of the 150 were males.