From fire engine red to auburn hues, the colors available for individuals to dye their hair are seemingly endless — but that spectrum isn’t available to Washington County students.

A Washington County School District policy states school administrators can decide whether a color is too distracting.

Rylee MacKay, a 15-year-old student at Hurricane Middle School, said HMS vice principal Jan Goodwin approached her Wednesday and told her her hair was too distracting. MacKay said Goodwin told her her hair looked purple and pink in the sunlight.

“They brought me into the office and told me (my hair) had to be changed by the next day,” MacKay said. “They told me I could finish my week’s worth (of school work) in the office so nobody could see me.”

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