A judge ordered Wednesday that a trial be held next month to determine whether a Black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state law.

Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular classroom in Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu since Aug. 31. Instead, he has either been serving in-school suspension or spending time in an off-site disciplinary program.

His Houston-area school district, Barbers Hill, has said George’s long hair, which he wears in neatly tied and twisted locs on top of his head, violates a district dress code that limits hair length for boys. The district has said other students with locs comply with the length policy.

In the ad, Poole defended his district’s policy and wrote that districts with a traditional dress code are safer and had higher academic performance and that “being an American requires conformity.”

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    9 months ago

    Barbers Hill High School

    Well there’s your problem right there. With a name like that, they’re bound to be very particular about the hair of all of their students for whatever reason.

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      Lol. The best part is, the name comes from the area being a huge salt dome, which tracks because these school administrators are obviously super salty.

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        “Hey this hill is really salty, you know what we should call it?”

        “Uhh salt hill?”

        “What‽ No, barber’s hill - it reminds me of getting a haircut”