After principal, Tonya King, denied junior Jim Stack’s request he was disappointed and then went to the school board to ask if he could grow his hair longer. The meeting will be on Monday at 7 p.m.
“I was disappointed when Mrs. King turned my request down,” Stack said.
He saw how happy his sister was when she got her first wig and wanted other people to feel the same.
“Donation my hair to Locks of Love is a very special project to me,” Stack said.
Stack went to his principal first and was discouraged when she rejected his request .
“Had I approved Jim’s request, then I would have students everyday asking is they also could break the dress code” King said.
Principal King is willing to help with fundraisers if Stack does one.
“There are other ways Jim could help the Locks of Love group,” King said.“He could have a fundraiser and donate the money to the organization.”
His mom is proud of him.
“I don’t know many teenagers today would put so much time and effort into helping someone else” Stack’s mother said.
Every month Locks of Love receives around 200 request from families that cannot afford a wig for their sick child, and every month they have to turn down about 150 pf those request.
“I was moved by Jim’s passion to donate his hair” Gisel Roco, president of Locks of Love said.