Officials and community members in Walden, Massachusetts, have spoken out against a school teacher who wrote up a student’s family for a uniform violation. The female student of Mystic Valley Regional Charter School wore a hijab to school, and a teacher sent a “School Uniform Compliance Form” to her parents saying she violated uniform policy and
A Massachusetts charter school where an eighth grade student was written up for a uniform infraction for wearing a hijab says it understands its "handling of the situation came across as insensitive."A family member of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School student posted on social media a picture of the "School Uniform Compliance Form" the student received from a teacher for the hijab on Thursday. In the description of the infraction, the headscarf worn by Muslim women was misspelled as "jihab."The school said in an emailed statement that it allows students to wear religious attire "as an expression of their.
A Massachusetts charter school where an eighth grade student was written up for a uniform infraction for wearing a hijab says it understands it’s “handling of the situation came across