Rangers-mad five year old sent home from school for having blue hair

[Bearman 9]

 

LITTLE Lewis Carlyle who tinted his hair blue partly in tribute to his favourite football club Rangers, was banned from lessons at Logans Primary School in Motherwell.

 

Lewis Carlyle, 5, with his mum Leanne Carlyle

 

A five-year-old boy has been carpeted by teachers - for turning up for lessons with blue hair.

 

Little Lewis Carlyle pitched up for class at Logans Primary School in Motherwell , North Lanarkshire, with wash-out blue gel in his hair.

 

But teachers didn't see the joke - and his mother Leanne claims Lewis was told to go home to wash the gel out or he wouldn't be allowed back in class.

 

Angry Leanne Carlyle 24, said she had to collect her upset son from school after receiving a call about his hair.

 

Football-mad Lewis, who is in his first year at primary school, is a fan of Rangers FC and tinted his hair blue partly in tribute to the club.

 

 

Leanne said: "The teacher told him blue hair wasn't allowed, I think he felt like he had done something really wrong.

 

"He's in his school uniform so why should it matter what colour his hair is?

 

"Now he's been sent home and lost a full day's education all because of his hair colour, it makes me so angry.

 

"I had to go and pick him up.

 

"They told me he would only be allowed back if he washed his hair, but by the time I would have done that and brought him back it would be pointless so I had to keep him home for the day.

 

"I didn't have time to pick him up, wash it out and then take him back."

 

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Young Lewis was sent home for his new hair do

Leanne said: "The teacher told him blue hair wasn't allowed, I think he felt like he had done something really wrong.

 

"He's in his school uniform so why should it matter what colour his hair is?

 

"Now he's been sent home and lost a full day's education all because of his hair colour, it makes me so angry.

 

"I had to go and pick him up.

 

"They told me he would only be allowed back if he washed his hair, but by the time I would have done that and brought him back it would be pointless so I had to keep him home for the day.

 

"I didn't have time to pick him up, wash it out and then take him back."

 

Leanne, from Motherwell , said Lewis picked up the blue hair gel at his local barber's on Tuesday, April 26, after a haircut and couldn't wait to show his friends his coloured locks.

 

She said: "He was really excited about it, and wanted to show all his friends at school.

"It was only the top of his head we put it on so I didn't think it would be a problem.

 

"It's disgusting really.

 

"We've paid money for the school uniform, which is the same as everyone else's.

 

"He should be allowed to do what he wants with his hair, it even matches the uniform."

 

Leanne, whose youngest son Dylan, four, is due to start at the school after the summer holidays, said she is shocked at the school's behaviour.

 

She said: "He has been completely discriminated against all because of his hair, it's ridiculous.

 

"I'm not having him being singled out, it's not fair."

 

But the school has denied Leanne's claims that Lewis was sent home yesterday (Weds).

 

Headteacher Mrs Angela Cusick said last night : "When Lewis arrived at school this morning we contacted his mum to inform her that we don't allow pupils to come to school with their hair dyed.

 

 

"Lewis was not excluded, we simply asked that he did not return to school tomorrow with his hair coloured - he was welcome to remain in school for the remainder of the day.

 

"She seemed fine with that and offered to collect her son from school today so that the dye could be removed.

 

"Coloured hair is fine on a dress down day, but it's not acceptable on a normal school day."

 

Lewis was back at school today - without the blue hair.

 

 

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Edited April 28, 2016 by Bearman

[cooponthewing 1,139]

I actually agree with the woman on this(first time for everything lol) if the kid has the correct uniform I fail to see what difference his hair make? Let's be honest it makes no difference. There is no evidence in the article, however I would wager some sewage sniffing member of the unclean variety had played a part in this! Dummy ooot pram picking on a waen because his/her team are pish pmsl!

[Germinal 27]

It's a stupid, made up pretend controversy to get people to click on a site coz they see the word 'Rangers'. Even by Record standards it's garbage and to be quite honest I wish it hadn't been posted coz then I wouldn't know anything about it.

[boabie 230]

" Football-mad Lewis, who is in his first year at primary school, is a fan of Rangers FC and tinted his hair blue partly in tribute to the club."

Only "partly" ? Wtf does that mean ?

His hair is a distraction to every other kid in his class and his mother should be kicked up the erse for being so stupid.

[pete 2,499]

Are girls allowed to have colours through their hair.? Have colours always been banned? Is it in the school rules that coloured hair is not allowed. Is it just a Rangers thing? If it was my kid and he was sent home from school I would be wanting to know these things. If the answer was that he was being treated differently than other kids then I would be taking it to a higher level.

 

The school could have had a quiet word with his mother and indeed all mothers that coloured hair is a distraction and was preferably not worn(?) at school. They could have let him stay at school for that day and come the next day with normal hair.After a 1\2 hour the commotion would have died down.

[Juancornetto 1]

His mum needs to stay off the heroin.

[aweebluesoandso 290]

Smart wee fella, whits the name of that gel? Blue gel white hair, Mark Warburton's blue and white pensioners.

[Frankie 8,151]

I don't understand why any parent would want to make a mess of their child's hair with such nonsense. Especially on a school-day.

 

Each to their own though.

[Bluedell 5,342]

The school could have had a quiet word with his mother and indeed all mothers that coloured hair is a distraction and was preferably not worn(?) at school. They could have let him stay at school for that day and come the next day with normal hair.After a 1\2 hour the commotion would have died down.

 

The school are claiming that is what happened and I tend to believe them.

 

I reckon the primary school that my kids went to would take a similar approach, and as a parent I don't have an issue with it. Their secondary school on the other hand would allow coloured hair.

 

Their primary school also have a rule that there will be no football colours in school, and if the hair is partly a tribute to Rangers then it could be argued that it also falls foul of that rule, although I don't really see it as being a football issue. It's just a primary school trying to instil certain standards within their school.

[Bluedell 5,342]

I'd also expect a mother to wash a dirty school tie before allowing their kid to get photographed by the papers.