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High Noon: Hair Down To Here

In this Dec. 16, 2009 image made from video, four-year-old Taylor Pugh is seen in Balch Springs, Texas. The parents of Pugh, a pre-kindergarten student nicknamed Tater Tot, are battling a suburban Dallas school's decision to segregate their son because his long locks violate the district dress code. At left is Taylor's father Delton Pugh. (Rich Matthews / Associated Press)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
In this Dec. 16, 2009 image made from video, four-year-old Taylor Pugh is seen in Balch Springs, Texas. The parents of Pugh, a pre-kindergarten student nicknamed Tater Tot, are battling a suburban Dallas school's decision to segregate their son because his long locks violate the district dress code. At left is Taylor's father Delton Pugh. (Rich Matthews / Associated Press)
In this Dec. 16, 2009 image made from video, four-year-old Taylor Pugh is seen in Balch Springs, Texas. The parents of Pugh, a pre-kindergarten student nicknamed Tater Tot, are battling a suburban Dallas school's decision to segregate their son because his long locks violate the district dress code. At left is Taylor's father Delton Pugh. (Rich Matthews / Associated Press)

In this image made from video, 4-year-old Taylor Pugh is seen in Balch Springs, Texas. The parents of Pugh, a pre-kindergarten student nicknamed Tater Tot, are battling a suburban Dallas school’s decision to segregate their son because his long locks violate the district dress code. At left is Taylor’s father Delton Pugh. (AP Photo/Rich Matthews)

Question: Does a school district have the right to enforce a dress code that prohibits long locks like those that Tater Tot wears? Or should long hair be fairly passe in 2009?

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