Two eighth-grade girls have been in the principal's office for more than two weeks as they continue to flout a ban on facial piercings.
Lauren White and Ashleigh Ramsey have had to keep their nose piercings out of sight at Oberon Middle School in Arvada, so they complete their schoolwork in the office.
"They just send down your homework, and you have to just read it and that's it," Lauren said. "If you need help, you have to go in after school."
She said she has needed to get help, especially in math, almost every day, but that's not prompting Lauren to take out the nose stud.
Rick Kaufman, a spokesman for the Jefferson County School District, said that until the girls abide by the school's rules and remove their nose studs, they will remain in the principal's office. Policies vary from school to school, but Oberon only allows earrings, he said.
Ashleigh's mother, Lynn, said the girls don't mind doing the time if it means they can keep the studs. Ashleigh said her grades have slipped from the A and B range to Cs, but she won't give up.
"You have to keep a cap on it and not let them go completely hog wild," Lynn Ramsey said of raising a teenager.
She believes that if parents let their kids have some leeway earlier, "when they're older, they're not going to freak out and do crazy stuff."
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Lauren White and Ashleigh Ramsey have had to keep their nose piercings out of sight at Oberon Middle School in Arvada, so they complete their schoolwork in the office.
"They just send down your homework, and you have to just read it and that's it," Lauren said. "If you need help, you have to go in after school."
She said she has needed to get help, especially in math, almost every day, but that's not prompting Lauren to take out the nose stud.
Rick Kaufman, a spokesman for the Jefferson County School District, said that until the girls abide by the school's rules and remove their nose studs, they will remain in the principal's office. Policies vary from school to school, but Oberon only allows earrings, he said.
Ashleigh's mother, Lynn, said the girls don't mind doing the time if it means they can keep the studs. Ashleigh said her grades have slipped from the A and B range to Cs, but she won't give up.
"You have to keep a cap on it and not let them go completely hog wild," Lynn Ramsey said of raising a teenager.
She believes that if parents let their kids have some leeway earlier, "when they're older, they're not going to freak out and do crazy stuff."
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E53%7E2152901,00.html