However, once people began to pressure Abeka Academy, administrators ultimately removed the “no dreadlocks” rule and approved Jacob’s graduation petition.
“I think that they’ve never had anyone to challenge them,” Latrenda said of the school’s response to the matter.
“There’s an old saying that when someone is doing wrong or has done wrong, they’re not sorry for what they’ve done,” she added. “They’re sorry for how they got caught.”
On March 15, Abeka apologized for their “insensitive rule” on Facebook.
“Abeka Academy apologizes for the insensitive rule of ‘no dreadlocks’ in the dress and hair guidelines for our optional home-school graduation,” the statement read. “This does not reflect our desire to respect and serve the broad diversity among ABA students. Therefore, we have removed this reference from our requirements.”
