Short hair - banned from class!

THREE lads with crew cuts have been banned from their classes, until their hair grows back, pals Kieron Hawkins, Max Miller and a third pupil face sitting in the corridor for two weeks after getting their heads shaved. The boys must study at desks in separate corridors at Oakmeeds Community College in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. Kieron’s father Glenn says he is furious with the school and branded it “stupid” for taking such extreme measures. He said: “Why should you have to be taught in isolation just because you have short hair? Kieron has had crew cuts before and always has quite short hair anyway.” Kieron, 14, and two of his friends used clippers to give each other grade one haircuts on Thursday. Mr Hawkins was told by the head of his son’s tutor group that Kieron was not wanted in lessons because his hair was too short and it was against the school rules.Mr Hawkins said: “Apparently a grade two is the shortest they are allowed to go, but we have never had any letters informing us of that sort of thing.“Having short hair does not affect his education or the way he learns.”Kieron said: “I’m not even being taught – I’m just given the work to do. It’s very boring.”Headteacher Colin Taylor said the school had rules about haircuts which all parents and pupils were made aware of.He said: “We have a policy that we accept no extreme haircuts and the pupils all know that. It is written in the school’s code of conduct and parents are aware of it.”