Some are calling it an egg-headed decision.
Kamryn Renfro shaved her head to show support for her best friend, age 11, who has cancer. But Kamryn’s school didn’t see this as a touching gesture of support.
Instead, Kamryn as booted by her school, Caprock Academy, a charter school in Grand Junction, Colorado.
"They won't let me go back to school because of my shaved head," Kamryn
For its part, the school issued a statement, made by the school's board of directors, that the academy has a detailed dress code and shaved heads are not allowed.
Since then, the moms of both girls – the cancer patient and her best friend – have taken to social media, where the positive support for Kamryn and the criticism of the school has been equally tremendous, CNN reported.
"It made me feel very special and that I'm not alone," Delaney told CNN of her best friend’s gesture.
Added Delaney's mother, Wendy Campbell: "For a little girl to be really brave and want to shave her head in support of her friend, I thought it was a huge statement and it builds character."
https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/03/school_bans_student_for_shavin.html
Kamryn Renfro shaved her head to show support for her best friend, age 11, who has cancer. But Kamryn’s school didn’t see this as a touching gesture of support.
Instead, Kamryn as booted by her school, Caprock Academy, a charter school in Grand Junction, Colorado.
"They won't let me go back to school because of my shaved head," Kamryn
For its part, the school issued a statement, made by the school's board of directors, that the academy has a detailed dress code and shaved heads are not allowed.
Since then, the moms of both girls – the cancer patient and her best friend – have taken to social media, where the positive support for Kamryn and the criticism of the school has been equally tremendous, CNN reported.
Delaney Clements, the 11-year-old friend at the center of the controversy, has neuroblastoma cancer and her chemotherapy treatments cost her her hair.
"It made me feel very special and that I'm not alone," Delaney told CNN of her best friend’s gesture.
Added Delaney's mother, Wendy Campbell: "For a little girl to be really brave and want to shave her head in support of her friend, I thought it was a huge statement and it builds character."
https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/03/school_bans_student_for_shavin.html