Full articleYEAR 10 student Phylicity Ward has been banned from attending St Paul's High School, Booragul, because of her hair colour.
Phylicity, 14, said she was stunned and distressed after being told on the first day of term on Friday that she had broken school rules by dyeing her hair, and was not to come back until it was a more natural colour.
Maitland-Newcastle Diocese Catholic schools director Ray Collins confirmed the ruling yesterday.
"The student had been asked not to return to St Paul's until such time as she had changed hair colour," he said.
"The school rules are that hair colouring would be of a natural hair colour."
Seriously people need to lighten up.