A UK high school has made headlines after its principal banned a popular hairstyle known as the “meet me at McDonald’s” haircut.
The letter has given students until Monday, Feb. 26, to restyle any “extreme style[s].” It warned that if this was not done, the child would either be sent home, or placed in isolation.
The “meet me at McDonald’s” hairstyle was not described in the letter. However, the school did offer to provide parents with a Powerpoint presentation showing what hairstyles to avoid.
The cut, which is apparently popular with schoolboys, is defined by closely shaved sides and back, topped with a voluminous curly mop.
Other styles that have been banned by the high school include the mohawk, “shaven parting lines,” and “overgrown, heavy fringes brushed forward onto the face.”
According to the BBC, the new rule has been met with mixed responses from the parents.
One mother said: “To be quite fair [the principal is] only implementing stuff that was bog standard when we were at school,” reported the BBC.
While another said: “It seems to us to be a bit silly. I don’t understand how having a haircut affects a child’s learning.”
Karen Leeder, a mother who posted the letter to social media, described it as “absolutely ridiculous,” The Sun reported.
Meanwhile, many people on social media expressed puzzlement as to what the hairdo actually was.
