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After statewide attention
and a growing concern around the nation regarding the harassment of Tiana Parkers parents that led them to pull
their daughter out of Deborah Brown Community School simply because of her hair-style is gaining
much unwanted attention. Deborah Brown
administrators has refused to comment to KOKI FOX 23 News. However, my feelings are that they never thought their little fiasco would come back to ‘haunt’
them thinking that things would eventually calm down. In a frail attempt to smooth things over, the
school has recently brought to life the following video.
Great Video! Very intelligent students. No doubt an
excellent job is being done teaching the students at Deborah Brown Community
School. However, there were students
with natural hair, Afro Puffs, other 'faddish' styles, and braids, which are
akin to dreads in the video. Therefore,
my question would be, why was 7-year old Tiana Parker singled out for wearing
dreads when these other hairstyles also violated the same rules as stated in Deborah Brown
Community School's Dress Code?
Although the Senators expressed outrage, the local Tulsa Superintendent’s Office
washed their hands of any culpability for governing the actions of the School
within their District and referred me to Government Officials when I told them
that I wanted a review of the School’s Charter and/or revocation of their
Charter, which I felt they were in direct violation of.
The superintendent’s office stated that “Deborah Brown was a hard staunch person and has been around for a long time having old-time values.” They were not all surprised by the notion that the School had violated at least two Titles and seem unaware of those Titles that all schools are culpable to protect the rights of all students.
The Tulsa, Oaklahoma Superintendent’s Office was vaguely unaware of what was happening within their District saying, “I may have heard something about a student leaving a school because of her hair. But I am going to tell you like I have told other callers that if the Parker's want to sue then they will have a job on their hands”. I was mortified at the way that the Tulsa Superintendent’s Office shrugged the offensiveness of the event off. I immediately went about to inform the public by writing the Blog Live and Let live.
My advice to Deborah Brown Community School is to issue a personal and public apology. Forget all attempt to cover it up by posting videos as nice and encouraging as they are. Immediately amend your dress code policy and continue on with their good works.
The superintendent’s office stated that “Deborah Brown was a hard staunch person and has been around for a long time having old-time values.” They were not all surprised by the notion that the School had violated at least two Titles and seem unaware of those Titles that all schools are culpable to protect the rights of all students.
The Tulsa, Oaklahoma Superintendent’s Office was vaguely unaware of what was happening within their District saying, “I may have heard something about a student leaving a school because of her hair. But I am going to tell you like I have told other callers that if the Parker's want to sue then they will have a job on their hands”. I was mortified at the way that the Tulsa Superintendent’s Office shrugged the offensiveness of the event off. I immediately went about to inform the public by writing the Blog Live and Let live.
My advice to Deborah Brown Community School is to issue a personal and public apology. Forget all attempt to cover it up by posting videos as nice and encouraging as they are. Immediately amend your dress code policy and continue on with their good works.
Many parents are unaware of
their rights as parents and their children’s rights that are governed by
certain Titles mandated by the US Department of Education. We must, as
parents be aware of our young students
rights to receive a proper, fair unbiased education.
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