Houston-area boy banned from school because of long hair 
 
 Now Playing: 
 
 A 4-year-old boy in the Houston area was forced out of his school because of his long hair. 
 
 Jessica Oates, 25, of Baytown, and her son Jabez were told Friday afternoon by administrators at Barber's Hill kindergarten center that he could not return to school unless his long locks were chopped. 
 
 On Monday, Oates put Jabez's hair in a bun using a black hair tie and tried to take him to school. The pair were turned away and not let out of the car because his hair still violated the school's dress code, Oates told Chron.com Tuesday morning. Despite having to call out of her job at a restaurant Tuesday because Jabez couldn't go to school, Oates has no intention of cutting his hair. 
 
 "It's not an option," Oates told Chron.com. "It's part of my child." 
 
 FIGHTING BACK: Woman reportedly uses cosplay costume to combat racist dress code 
 
 Oates plans on addressing the Barber's Hill Independent School District board Sept. 1 to plead her case on behalf of her son. In the meantime, she has taken to Facebook to find support. 
 
 "When I signed the handbook I was informed that I could bring a letter stating that it could remain long for cultural and religious reasons. I apologize I didn't realize the district was going to recant it's statement and kick my child out," Jessica Oates wrote on Facebook Monday morning. "Why in the world would I worry about my son standing out? If anything he can stand out for his wonderful little personality. It's the community that will treat him as a pariah, as far as I've seen, as well as your school district." 
 
 BAD LOOK: A Florida high school is in the spotlight after posting 'sexist' prom dress code flyers 
 
 Oates' Facebook messages accompanied a video of her explaining the situation and how the school's dress code does state that children's hair may not be long. She also says she was told by the school's principal that hair accessories for boys were not allowed. 
 
 Oates claims that she and Jabez have been ostracized in her community and will "never stop fighting for my child to be educated here." 
 
 A request for comment has been left with Barber's Hill ISD. 

 A 4-year-old in Texas is not able to attend school because of his long hair, his mother claims. 
 
 Jessica Oates said her son, Jabez Oates, didn’t go to class Tuesday after the Barbers Hill School District in Mont Belvieu, Texas, informed her that his long hair is not allowed. 
 
 Read: Boy, 7, Donates $740 to Children's Hospital That Helped His Little Brother: 'He Has a Big Heart' 
 
 “My son likes his hair. He doesn’t understand why he is not allowed in school over something so trivial,” Oates told InsideEdition.com. 
 
 Jabez, who is supposed to be in pre-k, hasn’t cut his hair since birth and his locks go past his shoulders. 
 
 Oates said the school initially told her that she would only need to provide a document stating that the reason for his long hair is religious or cultural, which she said she had no problem doing. 
 
 “When I went to enroll my child, I asked about the policy on hair. I was told my son would be allowed to keep his hair,” Oates said. “I was getting him all geared up for school. I took him to school and it was no big deal.” 
 
 She said her family is part Cocopah Indian and in that culture, hair is viewed as strength. 
 
 Oates said on Friday the school reminded her that documentation for her son was needed and asked her to have it by Monday. However, Oates said the school called her later that afternoon to tell her Jabez’s long hair would not be allowed at all due to a school board policy. 
 
 The school’s policy clearly states that boys must have a haircut above the eyes, ears and neck. 
 
 The Barbers Hill School District said in a statement that they plan to uphold their policy. 
 
 "Our policies, including expectations of appearance, are fashioned by our Board of Trustees, all of whom are taxpayers in the Barbers Hill school district and have had children attend our schools," the district said in a statement to InsideEdition.com. "Parents have a right to seek an appropriate educational setting for their child, just as Ms. Oates has the right to place her child in a district that reflects her personal expectations for standards of appearance." 
 
 Oates said the school policy is blatant discrimination. 
 
 Read: Beauty School Student Transforms Depressed Teen's Hair That She Hadn't Combed For Months 
 
 “On Monday, I tried to take to my son to school, and I put his hair in a bun and I tied it with a little black hair tie. They said that the black hair tie was inappropriate and they would not allow him to go,” Oates said. 
 
 She added: “I believe the policy is sexist because they have no hair policy for girls. I am really angry. The fact that my son can’t go to school angers me. It’s outrageous and outdated.' 
 
 Watch: Daughter Styles Hair on Mom's Bald Head to Cheer Her Up During Chemotherapy 

 These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references to these archived pages will be put in place of a link that would be otherwise be broken, or a companion link to allow people to see what was originally intended by a page's authors.The goal is to fix all broken links on the web . Crawls of supported "No More 404" sites.
– When Jessica Oates sent her 4-year-old son to his first day of kindergarten in the Houston area, she hadn't yet signed a letter stating that his shoulder-length hair, which has never been cut, is long for cultural or religious reasons. Part Cocopah Indian, Oates tells Inside Edition that long hair is a symbol of strength, adding to the Houston Chronicle that "it's part of my child" and cutting it is "not an option." Now Oates claims that Barbers Hill Independent School District kicked her son out of school before its stated deadline for providing the letter, citing in a statement that "our local elected board has an established policy based on community expectations" that it will "continue to implement." Oates goes on to tell Inside Edition that her son, Jabez, "likes his hair" and "doesn't understand why he is not allowed in school over something so trivial." Via a video she posted to Facebook, Oates says she hopes to call attention to the dress-code issue that another Texas mother described earlier this month as "sexist" after her own son tried growing his hair long to donate to cancer patients, per Raw Story. This week, Oates says Jabez wasn't even allowed out of the car at the school drop-off point because his long hair, which was tied in a bun, still violated the dress code. She plans to raise the issue at a school board meeting next month. (Another dress code policy regarding hair has been criticized for targeting black girls.)