St John’s College new hair rule may be challenged

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

On June 27 Justice David Collins ruled the suspension that kept the Year 12 student and 1st XV rugby player out of school for five weeks, was unlawful, and conditions imposed on the pupil’s return to school were unreasonable.

After “deliberately” waiting for “things to settle down in the papers”, the ruling said, Mr Melloy had held a parental questionnaire on Thursday that gave parents an opportunity to vote on the proposed new hair rule. Two hundred and ten parents had gone to the evening, including Lucan’s parents. “93.84 per cent were in full support for the school and the new hair rule …Continue reading

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