Boy's Haircut Costs School $10,000

[Sequoia]

WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) -- Sally Miller might have been grateful if her 8-year-old son had come home from school with a nice-looking haircut.

But when he showed up with "next to nothing" on his head, Miller threatened to sue.

The West Linn-Wilsonville School District recently agreed to pay Miller $10,000 because a school employee cut the boy's hair without permission.

The case was settled last month, but its documents were not released until The Oregonian newspaper filed a public records request.

"First I was shocked," Miller told the newspaper. "Then I was embarrassed that I didn't have the money to get him a haircut. And then I was mad ... I thought, 'What nerve. How invasive."'

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[MrScorpio]

1. It's all about the money

If one of the kid's friends had done that who cares?

Besides, the hair grows back, right?

That school system has a lousy lawyer

[Southsideirish]

2. School shouldn't have done it but the mom had no business suing over

such a trivial matter.

[MissB]

3. She has plenty of money for haircuts now.

And I'm sure that all $10k (minus lawyer fees) will go for just that.

[oregonjen]

4. This is my children's school system

Pretty strange, but I think they were just trying to help. I think the mother shouldn't have made such a fuss over a haircut.

[Left Is Write]

5. Frankly, I'd be pretty pissed off if someone

cut my kid's hair without permission. I don't know about *10 grand* pissed off, but you can bet I'd be on the phone to the principal or the superintendent or whomever was in charge.

[Elidor]

6. I would, too

And it sounds like easy money. Now I just have to create a kid...