A college district in Oklahoma has launched an investigation after a Native American boy had his hair lower towards his will by different college students.
Mid-Del Public Faculty's superintendent Rick Cobb confirmed in a letter to oldsters that the college is conscious of the incident, which concerned a 7-year-old baby at Del Metropolis Elementary, and promised to self-discipline these accountable.
Talking to KOCO 5 Information, the household of the Native American boy described the incident as one of many worst types of bullying they will think about.
"This isn't gonna fly. In any respect. This ain't proper," mentioned Jamil Garcia, whose son, Andreas, had his hair lower.
"He has not smiled since this occurred. And he is at all times smiling and he is by no means like this."
The boy's mom, Denise Gonzalez, added: "That is our custom. He had lovely, lengthy hair and rapidly it will get lower. It hurts."
The boy additionally described the incident to KOCO and mentioned that a instructor did not see it occurring.
"After I used to be executed doing my homework, they began slicing my hair," Andreas mentioned. "The instructor wasn't wanting. She was simply on her laptop computer."
The dad and mom of the kid mentioned they're offended on the instructor for not noticing the kids slicing the boy's hair and in addition for the college not taking motion sooner.
The college mentioned it isn't in a position to full the investigation till the kids have been spoken to after they return from Spring Break on Monday.
"How do you not discover two youngsters standing over somebody and getting their hair lower?" Garcia mentioned.
"Figuring out that the college didn't contact me in any respect till Saturday morning [5 March] and but they wish to examine it, however not till Monday when faculty goes again in, so I really feel like they had been simply making an attempt to brush it below the rug."
Within the letter to oldsters, Cobb mentioned the investigation into the incident started on the day on which it occurred.
"Sadly, this was adopted by a snow day after which Spring Break. Whereas this time away from faculty has led to some delays within the investigation, we're taking this incident very significantly," Cobb mentioned.
"We acknowledge the cultural significance of hair to our college students' identities and don't take this flippantly. Any college students discovered to be concerned will obtain self-discipline in a way in line with steps outlined in our pupil handbook."
The Mid-Del Public Faculty district has been contacted for an replace.
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