I honestly thought that this school district would change its stance once the media picked up on this story.  Well I was wrong…

TASCA, Texas (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A controversy is growing in Texas over the length of one boy’s hair.

The 6th grader’s mother is taking the fight all the way to the school board.

“He gets to look at a wall all day long. Tell me that’s not mental abuse. You’re mentally abusing him to conform to what you guys think is appropriate,” said the boy’s mother, Marsha Wisnosky. “When does it come down to the child’s merits, not the way they look?”

Kenny Fails has been in in-school suspension for 14 weeks because he won’t cut his hair.

Monday night his mom berated the school board for violating her son’s rights.

Other parents seem to agree that the school needs to back off.

“It’s ridiculous. I feel like boys are being discriminated against as women were years ago,” said mother Jennifer Hendrick.

“What is going to be next? You’re fat, you need to go to ISS? You can’t participate in PE, you’re overweight,” said Wisnosky.

The school board sat silent the entire five minutes of her speech.

There is no word on whether Kenny’s suspension will continue.