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The Mount Pleasant Police Department told USA TODAY they spoke with Hoffmeyer, but he did not file a police report.  After the haircuts, Hoffmeyer said an assistant at the school apologized for the incident and advised him the principal was out of the office and could not speak to him until after spring break.  On April 5, he said he received a call from the principal and was told the librarian would receive marks on her report but did not have the authority to do anything further.  Hoffmeyer said he received a call 45 minutes later from the district's superintendent, Jennifer Verleger,...

Father transfers biracial daughter to new school after her classmate and a district employee cut her hair Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY Principal connects with students through haircuts Replay Video A Michigan father transferred his biracial 7-year-old daughter to another school after he said her hair was cut on two different occasions — first by a classmate, then a school employee. © Jimmy Hoffmeyer, AP This undated photo provided by Jimmy Hoffmeyer shows his daughter Jurnee Hoffmeyer, 7, after a classmate and a teacher cut her hair on separate occasions. (Jimmy Hoffmeyer...

Michigan man angry after student and teacher cut biracial daughter's hair By Corey Williams MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - A Michigan father has moved his 7-year-old biracial daughter from one school to another after the child’s hair was cut on separate occasions by a classmate and a teacher. Jurnee's father Jimmy said the explanations he has received from the principal and the district have done little to appease him. Jimmy Hoffmeyer said Monday he also is considering taking his daughter, Jurnee, out of Mount Pleasant Public Schools and enrolling her in a private school. On March 24, Jurnee arri...

9 & 10 News April 19, 2021 A Mt. Pleasant father wants answers Monday night after he says a teacher and another student cut his daughter’s hair. Jimmy Hoffmeyer says his 7-year-old daughter Jurnee came home from Ganiard Elementary in Mt. Pleasant with her hair cut on Wednesday March 24. Hoffmeyer says a student cut her hair on the bus. From there, he took his daughter to the salon to try and fix it without sacrificing length. That Friday, Hoffmeyer says Jurnee came home with her hair cut even shorter by the teacher without his permission or consent. He says the school offered to have the te...

He said that he wasn't too upset when that happened and took his daughter, Jurnee, to a salon to get a professional cut. "I mean, I chalked it up because it was a child, and you're not thinking of any serious consequences having to do with a kid," Hoffmeyer said. But what happened two days later left his blood-boiling. When Jurnee came home from school, she was in tears because her teacher decided to give her a haircut. Detroit Free Press. "She was afraid of getting in trouble for getting her hair cut." "I asked what happened and said, 'I thought I told you no child should ever cut your hair...