By: Tessla Fulton
Nobody wants to go through life alone, especially when life throws cancer at you. Nine-year old Kamryn decided to shave her head to support her friend Delaney, who was beginning chemotherapy to treat her cancer. “I was really excited; I would have somebody to support me, and I wouldn’t be alone with people always laughing at me. I would at least have somebody to go through it all,” says Delaney. To most, this is a heartwarming story, but Kamryn’s school, Caprock Academy, has a policy against shaved heads for girls. The school told her she couldn’t come back to class until she got a wig or her natural hair grew back because her shaved head violates the dress code. Kamryn’s parents contacted the school and explained why she got the extreme haircut to which administrators said they could make no exceptions. Since this story started getting some media attention, the school has begun to change its mind, and officials plan to have an executive meeting to review this policy. After this attention, Kamryn was also invited back to school.
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