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Darryl George,18, a black junior student at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas was suspended from his school over his dreadlocks hairstyle.s...
However, after facing more than a month of in-school suspension since August 3, on Thursday, Darryl was told that he would be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program..
He will be sent to EPIC, an alternative school program from October 12 through November 29 for "failure to comply" with multiple school and classroom rules, said the principal in a letter provided to The Associated Press by Darryl's family..
The school principal Lance Murphy stated in the letter that Darryl has repeatedly violated the district's previously communicated standards of student conduct..
Darryl's school had previously clashed with two other Black male students over their dress codes, which led to them cutting their dreadlocks in 2020..
