The past few weeks I’ve seen so many boys out of Joshua ISD hair policy. And yet Habib braids and pins his hair every morning. I kept to myself. A few days ago. I wrote an email to administrators of our district. This email was sent in confidentiality, I added photos of those boys also. This was just to show their lack of admissibility of their code. There was no ill intention to anyone. I asked them to change/modify the policy. They keep saying nothing is wrong with it, but what is right with it? Something they can’t answer logically. Also included was a heart-full letter from Habib.

Then on 5/24/2019 was the day of graduation. A parent went online upset on how out of nowhere the principal started citing boys for their hair! And on one cited student, his eyebrows. All this mess a few hours before the ceremony, and that they must comply or they will not walk the stage. A board member had told their relative of the email/pictures. A breach of privacy. I then get a message from an upset parent. And another parent goes it takes that one rotten apple (Faye). And others like this comment and continued the hate spew. We get to graduation, and some parent came to me and said some ugly stuff. At the end of graduation we see most of the boys still out of code and still was able to participate. So all the chaos/threats was just a show and to put parents on edge. I had emailed our superintendent Fran Marek and called numerous times, no response.

Next day 5/24/2019 was Habib’s send off to middle school and awards ceremony. After the circus show on graduation day, I was like Habib should be able to participate just like the high schoolers. But no. Our principal Mrs. Hargrove wouldn’t let Habib past the office doors.  I asked her to call Fran. She said I will not call her or anyone, and to put Habib’s hair up to do his walk in less than a minute. She took her phone out to make a call and walked away and never came back. So Habib was not able to walk with his friends or get an award, or be recognized, but on graduation day they were able to. And these same boys were able to do so on a normal school day too.

Fran responds after 2 days claiming no wrong doing and all boys were complaint. Hmmm yet I saw them and others saw them with their normal hair. And as of the policy changing, no way. They have already set the handbook for next year to be the same. And it’s on me that Habib was not able to get his awards and do his send off. And I emailed back no they were not and sent her the new photos from graduation, still in denial and no response. Also can’t and will not say how the parents knew of the email.