Educator Reprimanded in Hair Dispute

MARSHALL (AP) – An East Texas educator has been reprimanded for using a permanent marker to color in the shaved lines of a boy’s haircut. The superintendent of the Marshall Independent School District has apologized over the incident involving 12-year-old Sheldon Williams. Bruce Gearing says an assistant principal has been reprimanded. Williams was sent to the principal’s office Monday for allegedly violating a school dress code ban on designs shaved into the hair. The boy’s stepmother has filed a grievance. Philleniea Williams says she was shocked that educators thought the haircut was gang related. She says her stepson is not involved with gangs and now has a new haircut with no shaved lines.