School asks teen to change her natural hair style

School administrators asked a teen girl to change her natural hair because it was against the dress code policy, according to her parents.

“People say they love my hair because it’s so diverse, curly and Afro-centric,” said 16-year-old Nicole Orr, a junior at Montverde Academy in Lake County.

She says she’s known for her hair, but she never thought she would be singled out because of it.

“I received a call saying that my daughter needed to get her hair done and she wears her natural and I was kind of taken aback by it,” said her dad, Eric Orr.

He says a school administrator called and said her style wasn’t in line with dress code policy.

“She literally felt, ‘Wow, what’s wrong with my hair? The Caucasian girls are able to wear their natural hair straight. Why can’t I wear my natural hair the way that it grows?’” said her mom, Secily Wilson.

They were referred to the handbook, where one line…

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