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| Ethan Clos Mohawk haircut suspended from Reid Elementary School |
Boy, 5, Suspended For Haircut. A kindergartner with a new, spiked Mohawk haircut was sent home from a from Ohio's Reid Elementary school this week for violating the district’s dress code.
Keshia Castle mother of 5 year old Ethan Clos, told on Wednesday that her son cannot not to come back to Reid Elementary School until he gets rid of his Mohawk.
Castle said Ethan thought he was “cool” after he got the haircut during spring break last week and he got a lot of attention from his classmates when he returned to class.
Keshia Castle mother of 5 year old Ethan Clos, told on Wednesday that her son cannot not to come back to Reid Elementary School until he gets rid of his Mohawk.
Castle said Ethan thought he was “cool” after he got the haircut during spring break last week and he got a lot of attention from his classmates when he returned to class.
“They seen his hair like it was. All the little kids were going over and feeling on it and everything,” Castle said.
Clark Shawnee School District officials, however, told Castle her son’s hairdo caused a disturbance as the teachers in the classroom couldn’t get the attention of the students.
Mohawk Haircut
The Mohawk is a haircut where the head is shaved and only a strip
of hair between the eyebrows remains; it was last considered "edgy" or
"dangerous" ca. 1981.
Superintendent Gregg Morris said the hairstyle was a distraction for students and violates district rules.
“Our policy clearly states that any dress or grooming which is disruptive or distracting to the educational process is not acceptable. In this particular case, the student’s hairstyle did provide disruption to the classroom,” Morris said.
Ethan’s suspension comes after Tim Seelig, a volunteer Shawnee High School football coach, was lauded and profiled in the Springfield News-Sun for sporting a blond Mohawk in 2011 and 2009 to motivate the team.
Superintendent Gregg Morris said the hairstyle was a distraction for students and violates district rules.
“Our policy clearly states that any dress or grooming which is disruptive or distracting to the educational process is not acceptable. In this particular case, the student’s hairstyle did provide disruption to the classroom,” Morris said.
Ethan’s suspension comes after Tim Seelig, a volunteer Shawnee High School football coach, was lauded and profiled in the Springfield News-Sun for sporting a blond Mohawk in 2011 and 2009 to motivate the team.
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