Put in Isolation for raising money for Charity

Today I have read a story about 14 year old Stan Lock who has been told by his school that he must stay in Isolation until his hair has grown back until a Grade 2 which could take weeks. Too give you some back story on this, Stan has seen a number of friends and family members fighting Cancer and decided enough was enough, so wanted to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. He did this by shaving his head and getting people to donate, some of which were even teachers at his school. He did this on a Sunday evening but upon arriving at Churchill Academy in North Somerset, his PE teacher took a photo and sent it to the Head of the school.

The next day he arrived to find he was in isolation until his hair grew back, with his lunches and breaks taken from him also. The school's only answer was that is broke their strict uniform policy as it is considered an 'extreme' hairstyle. In an extract from The Mirror newspaper the head had this to say:

"It is always easier then to blame someone else - I and the school are an easy target when the fault lies elsewhere."

"Some people wish to avoid consequences by blaming others - I think this sends a poor message to young people".

Now in my opinion the school are being very selfish and thinking only of their own 'image' here when they should be supporting a young child who is quite obviously trying to do something for the greater good. By taking such a stance against younger people doing charitable work, it is only going to put them off doing it in the future, which is quite a saddening thing to think about. In the extracts taken from the Heads speech, it seems he is trying to blame the parent for allowing their child to be caring for others, which to me is just such an incredible thing to say. The Head should be praising this child and using him as a shining example to the school of the things they can achieve and contribute to. 

If you wish to donate to Stans cause, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/stansbigshave/

You can also 'like' the Community page called FreeStanLock https://www.facebook.com/freestanlock

As of the moment of writing this article, he has raised an amazing £5,860.75 of a £100 target! To read the original article, click http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stan-lock-teenager-who-shaved-5070714

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