Lawsuit filed against Pearland ISD administrators accused of coloring black student's hair
A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Sunday against Pearland ISD administrators who earlier this year were accused of filling in a design in a black middle school student’s hair with permanent marker.
In April, a 13-year-old Berry Miller Junior High student arrived at school with an “M” shaved into his short fade haircut, which administrators said violated the dress code policy. Three administrators gave the student, Juelz Trice, the option to either call his mother, receive a disciplinary action or color the design in with a marker, according to earlier reports in the Chronicle. Facebook photos later showed marker on the boy’s head, prompting public outrage and apologies from the district.
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the boy’s parents, names four defendants: the district, school Principal Tony Barcelona, discipline clerk Helen Day and teacher Jeanette Peterson, according to Randall Kallinen, the parents’ attorney. The complaint said the administrators laughed as they took several minutes to color Trice’s scalp without calling the boy’s parents.
It took several days of scrubbing to get the permanent Sharpie marker to come off, the complaint states, adding that the Trice felt “immensely humiliated and shamed.” The complaint also states that Barcelona was an assistant principal at the time, but has since been promoted to head principal “despite significant media coverage and public outcry” over the incident.
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