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8 Yr Old Girl Removed From Honors Class Because Of Her Hair!!??!!!

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MsBoinglicious

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This is some straight up BULL right here!!!!

The lil girl is an 8 year old biracial child. It looks like the teacher (assuming white) removed her from her classroom (an Honors Class) and bumped her down permanently to a regular class because she (the teacher) was having an "allergic reaction" to the smell of the child’s "ethnic hair care product" (some ORS Olive Moisturizer).

The parents were NOT notified. This is just some straight BULL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U0JVX1fH70&playnext_from=TL&videos=XRBHd0rI2Qo&feature=browsetag
 
I mean...like all the teacher had to do was call the mother and tell her what was going on and ask if she could use something else in the girls hair. Kicking her out of her Honors class is just NASTY and MEAN!

She has been wearing this stuff in her hair a WHOLE YEAR...that teacher had plenty of time to contact the parents about this if she thought her life was in danger or she was afraid.

If I were that child’s mother I would be raising some straight up HELL right now! How DARE you remove my child from Honors class and not call me regardless of the reason why she was removed. Parents are suppose to be informed about this kind of stuff! A phone call a letter SOMETHING!!!

*Is on fire*

I am so angry and this is not even my child!
 
YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!! This is crazy, don't they realize how damaging this could be to this child's self-esteem?? I mean come on, they have to do something about this teacher, her actions were out of order. How do you remove a child from an Honors Program for non-academic reasoning??? The state's School System needs to be active on this case asap.
 
That is "******" crazy. She could had a personal conversation with the child's mother about the products she puts on the child's was giving her an allergic reaction before permamently demoting her down to a regular class. This teacher did not care about the child's or parents feelings and only about her feelings. The parents should sue the teacher for being "******" selfish and the board of education for allowing this to happen.
 
Why wasn't the parent contacted? I can understand having allergies but the parent should have been contacted and maybe she could have used different products.
 
I'm not even going to comment on the child changing her hair routine, because that probably is not really the problem. Because if it were, it would have been common sense to contact the parents first. But the teacher skipped that route for a reason.

All I can say is, if that parent knows her Parent Rights, she can get the district to pay for what is rightfully belonging to her daughter.....a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.

Placing a gifted child in a regular class is restrictive and not appropriate.

If it were me, they would be paying for my kid to attend a private school of my choice.
 
I WISH this would happen to one of my children, I'm just looking for ONE reason to sue the school district, somebody.... ANYBODY shooed I got tuitions that need to be paid for 3 people. I'm so serious, if this happened to my child I wouldnt even be mad, I would lawyer up real quick and sue the heck out of that school district, teacher, principal and maybe even the lunch lady lol. I dont care, this is a blessing to that little girl and her family if they take the right legal steps.

ETA how the heck you gon be allergic to a smell as if the little girl hair is giving off toxic fumes. anywho, like I said get paid baby girl, get paid
 
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I am watching the news spot and they said she's been using the same product for a year. So why is this just now bothering the teacher. This is odd? Why would the lady assume it was the child's hair product? I've used that moisturizer and it doesn't even have a strong scent. I"m assuming the ladies allergy is to fragrances or something.
 
westNDNbeauty said:
I'm not even going to comment on the child changing her hair routine, because that probably is not really the problem. Because if it were, it would have been common sense to contact the parents first. But the teacher skipped that route for a reason.

All I can say is, if that parent knows her Parent Rights, she can get the district to pay for what is rightfully belonging to her daughter.....a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.

Placing a gifted child in a regular class is restrictive and not appropriate.

If it were me, they would be paying for my kid to attend a private school of my choice.
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WORD!!! I'm with that!
 
westNDNbeauty said:
I'm not even going to comment on the child changing her hair routine, because that probably is not really the problem. Because if it were, it would have been common sense to contact the parents first. But the teacher skipped that route for a reason.

All I can say is, if that parent knows her Parent Rights, she can get the district to pay for what is rightfully belonging to her daughter.....a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.

Placing a gifted child in a regular class is restrictive and not appropriate.

If it were me, they would be paying for my kid to attend a private school of my choice.
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I second that. This has BS written all over it. I understand allergies and all but that doesn't mean a child should not be allowed to take her honors classes. The nerve of some people.
I'm curious what the teacher is supposedly "allergic" that is in the girl's hair care products that isn't on any other girls' head. How is it that the teacher singled her out?
 
My other concern as an educator myself is that we are required to accommodate for the needs of the student, not the other way around. I have students who straight up STANK before, and it was affecting my allergies and everything else but I didn't put them out. They need to find someone who will instruct this child if this teacher is not willing. The school may end up paying for her to go elsewhere because of this fiasco.
 
You can sue for anything. The ones with the least reason to sue do, and the ones with the most valid reason to sue don't. How ironic.
 
Bosslady1 said:
You can sue for anything. The ones with the least reason to sue do, and the ones with the most valid reason to sue don't. How ironic.
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true, cause i havent heard anything more about the little girl whose teacher cut her hair. I just KNEW she was going to sue, and she would have surely won but I dont think she pursued it. shame.
 
Wow. My mom would have been at the school the same day. And I would have been back in my usual seat in the honors class the next day. My mother is very... persuasive :grin::lachen:
 
What's the logic behind this? Lol....So I guess it's okay for people in regular classes to be subjected to the smell...if that's what this is really is about...which it isn't. And yeah, I've tried ors products before. They're not very strong smelling.
 
I am livid just reading this. She has some **** nerve. If you have allergies, then go home and don't teach. I think the allergy she has is called racism. Is this a public school, because my opinion is she is there to teach and not smell people. I don't care if the child came to class every day stink. Deal with it. And Teach. Cry me a river.
 
I am allergic to the dang tree crap around here. I am supposed to demand that they all be cut down? How creepy. If you are allergic to something, then go to the doctor and get a pill. Or ask nicely if the parent could use something else. That is just too weird.
 
Bosslady1 said:
You can sue for anything. The ones with the least reason to sue do, and the ones with the most valid reason to sue don't. How ironic.
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I think it's because suing is easier said than done. So many people say "I'd sue.... sue them... " but don't know what's involved. It takes A LOT of time and money to get things started. The start to end of a case w/payout can go on for YEARS.
 
I LOOOVEEEEEE that the coorespondent has natural hair! But this is ridiculous! Allergies do not warrent removal. What happened to talking to the parents? That should be the automatic step one!
 
As a former teacher, I seriously have to wonder if there's more to the story....it's not that easy to remove a student from your class. A teacher has little say over who is placed in his or her class in the first place.

With that said, most states have laws that allow a teacher to request that a student be removed from his or her class under certain circumstances. For example, if a student threatens you, then he or she can be removed from your class here in Texas. My son was being disobedient in class once (not violent or threatening) and a teacher had him removed due to a single incident. Also, I have heard of teachers with allergies asking students to refrain from wearing perfumes and harsh products in class. My mom works with a teacher who asks that the other teachers and the students refrain from wearing perfumes.

If everything in the news reports is true, it sounds like the girl was removed not because of her hair, but because of a harsh-smelling product. I have used ORS Olive Oil Moisturizing Lotion and it works well, but I threw the bottle away 3/4 full because of the smell......
 
Anybody else notice how much hair that stylist was cutting off that lady's head? :eek:

OP, you're right about the story being complete bull. There's more to it. A lot more.
 
I knew you ladies would be all over this story when I saw it today. :lol:

The quote below seems like they weren't removing her from the advanced program, just to another classroom. That makes it a little better. My first interpretation was that they took her out of the advanced class completely. I still just don't understand how at the end of the school year, the teacher was affected so badly. :nono:

"I couldn't comprehend it. I was really try to make sense of it and that took a while. My daughter kept saying that she was afraid and it's your hair and that she could come into her class to get her work, then go to another class for the rest of the day."

http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/06/...-from-class-for-using-olive-oil-hair-product/
 
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