--- title: Shaved Head Violates School Dress Code in Colorado description: But in a special meeting, school officials decided to let her come back to school Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/36892/girl-who-shaved-head-to-support-friend-with-cancer-banned-from-school-for-violating-dress-code/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Mar 25, 2014 2:39 PM UTC A Colorado school would not let 9-year-old Kamryn Renfro attend Monday because she violated the dress code by shaving her head, a show of solidarity for her friend Delaney Clements, 11, who has lost her hair while undergoing chemotherapy treatment for Stage 4 neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, [FOX News reports](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/25/girl-barred-from-school-for-shaving-her-head-to-support-friend-with-cancer/) via [9 News](http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/03/24/act-of-compassion-violates-school-dress-code-policy/6853131/) and [KDVR](http://kdvr.com/2014/03/24/girl-shaves-head-to-support-friend-with-cancer-gets-barred-from-school/). The [Grand Junction Sentinel](http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/girl-suspended-in-headshaving-act-of-support/) reports that news of the incident and photos of the two youngsters with bald heads went viral on Facebook. [In a statement](http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/girl-suspended-in-headshaving-act-of-support/), Catherine M. Norton Breman, Board of Directors Chairwoman and President of Caprock Academy in Grand Junction confirmed the policy was intended to “promote safety, uniformity, and a non-distracting environment for the school’s students.” However, she added exceptions could be made “under exigent and extraordinary circumstances,” [_Grand Junction Sentinel_](http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/girl-suspended-in-headshaving-act-of-support/)reports. Kamryn’s mother Jamie Olson Renfro told [9News](http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/03/24/act-of-compassion-violates-school-dress-code-policy/6853131/) that the Caprock Academy decided to let her daughter come back to school after holding a special meeting on Monday. According to [the news station](http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/03/24/act-of-compassion-violates-school-dress-code-policy/6853131/), Kamryn Renfro said she has no regrets about her new look: “It felt like the right thing to do.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/36892/girl-who-shaved-head-to-support-friend-with-cancer-banned-from-school-for-violating-dress-code/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/36892/girl-who-shaved-head-to-support-friend-with-cancer-banned-from-school-for-violating-dress-code/"},"headline":"Girl Who Shaved Head to Support Friend With Cancer Banned From School for Violating Dress Code","datePublished":"2014-03-25T14:39:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:08.117Z","description":"But in a special meeting, school officials decided to let her come back to school Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/36892/girl-who-shaved-head-to-support-friend-with-cancer-banned-from-school-for-violating-dress-code/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Education"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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