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Girl barred from school after shaving head to support friend with cancer

Posted at 1:34 PM, Mar 25, 2014
and last updated 2014-03-25 13:34:02-04

KDVR – A 9-year-old girl was kept out of class Monday because of her support for a friend who is fighting cancer.

Kamryn decided to have a big makeover — shaving off all of her hair in solidarity with a friend who was starting chemotherapy to treat cancer.

“I was really excited I would have somebody to support me and I wouldn’t be alone with people always laughing at me. I would at least have somebody to go through it all,” says Delaney, who just began chemotherapy.

But Kamryn’s school, Caprock Academy, has a policy against shaved heads for girls. The school told her she couldn’t come back to class until she got a wig or her natural hair grew back because her shaved head violates the dress code.

Read more about the school’s decision at our sister station KDVR.