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After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, is a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu and has been suspended […]

Jonathan Moscrop/GettyAfter being suspended twice for his locs hairstyle, a Black high school student in Texas has been informed that he will be referred to an alternative education program. According to a Wednesday letter signed by Barbers Hill High School Principal Lance Murphy and viewed by the Associated Press, Darryl George, 18, will be sent to EPIC from October 12 to November 29 for a “violation of the dress and grooming policy.” Barbers Hill Independent School District bans ...

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After serving more than a month of in-school suspension over his dreadlocks, a Black student in Texas was told he will be removed from his high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, is a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu and has been suspended…

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Dive into the Texas high school showdown where a Black student's dreadlocks defy hairstyle policy and steer him towards alternative education.

Darryl George has been suspended since August 31. The family gave AP a letter from the school's principal saying he'll be sent to an alternative school program.

A black student in Texas was suspended from school for his dreadlocks hairstyle and is now being sent to a disciplinary educational program. Read more below. 

Darryl George, 18, is a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu and has been suspended since Aug. 31. He will be sent to EPIC, an alternative school program, from Oct. 12 through Nov. 29 for "failure to comply" with multiple campus and classroom regulations, the principal said in a Wednesday letter provided to The Associated Press by the family.

Darryl George was sent to a disciplinary school after being suspended for more than a month over his choice to wear locs.