MONT BELVIEU, Texas – A Texas student sent to an alternative school due to his hairstyle plans to take his legal battle against Barber Hills ISD back to the courts.
In February 2024, KPRC 2 digital reporter Moriah Ballard told us how a Chambers Country judge ruled in the district’s favor on the trial’s first day after Darryl George and his family claimed it went against the CROWN Act.
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Darryl and his family refused to cut his hair, which they say is always tucked away, in a neat style for class.
The family ultimately filed suit against the district, resulting in a response from the superintendent who says they are well within their rights to continue punishing the student.
After they lost the lawsuit, Darryl had to continue his in-school suspension, something he says deprives him of the usual school experience.
“It feels lonely when you’re the only one stuck in a room for a while semester,” George said back in February. “a whole year at that. It makes you feel some type of way because you can’t be a child like everybody else. You see everybody else talking, laughing, you can’t do that and it just puts pressure on your shoulders.”
Darryl’s mother by their legal team earlier on Thursday to discuss the appeal on to be filed LIVE on KPRC 2+ Now.
This is a developing story and will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
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