Authoritarian School of the Month

Recursivity's award for the Authoritarian School of the Month goes this month to the Needville Independent School District in Needville, Texas.

These creeps have a rule against long hair for boys in their schools. But it's not the school's business to govern how students can wear their hair. If there are concerns, such as head lice, these can easily be handled by techniques used in other schools.

In this case, the jerks at Needville enforced their rule against a kindergartner who wore his hair long in keeping with his parents' religion. Luckily, the ACLU was there to defend the kid's rights. [Are you a member of the ACLU yet? If not, send them a donation.]

A judge ruled in favor of the kid, but the school appealed. Now the case is being heard in the Appeals Court.

I sure hope Needville gets their butts kicked back to Texas. Why school administrators delight in enforcing these bizarre and arbitrary rules against their students is beyond me. Schools should be about learning and helping students achieve their potential, not authoritarian discipline.

Pictures of the kid here.