The parents of a middle school student are suing a Houston-area school district and school officials in federal court for allegedly coloring in his hair design earlier this year with a black permanent marker
According to the lawsuit filed Sunday, officials at the Berry Miller Junior High in Pearland, Texas, claimed the design in the then-seventh grader's haircut violated the Pearland Independent School District's dress code policy. The suit alleges,"They laughed as they took many minutes to color 13-year-old J.T's scalp which took many days of scrubbing to come off.
Peterson -- who, like the administrators, is identified in the court document as white -- came into the office and was asked to use the marker on the boy's scalp and did so, the lawsuit says.Attorney says school district has done nothing but change policyRandall Kallinen, attorney for the student's parents Dante Trice and Angela Washington, said Tuesday that the school never tried to notify the family before coloring their son's scalp.
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