Black Girls' Hair Extensions Are a Distraction, White Officials at Malden Charter School Insist Published May 22, 2017 at 7:24 PM EDT Updated May 27, 2017 at 8:16 PM EDT ...

A girl from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, says she was forced to leave school on Monday because of her braided hair extensions. Steven Evergreen Fennidy wrote in a viral Facebook post that his ...

Malden Charter School Drops Ban On Hair Extensions Updated August 12, 2017 Bob Shaffer Deanna, left, and Mya Cook, with their mother Colleen, at WBUR (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) ...

It's unclear if the girls have returned to the school. The newspaper says this is a common legal move and that the families could request the case return to state court. A hearing is set for Sept. 18.