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Have you ever noticed how there has been confusion and questioning going on about how the Johnston county dress code states that students can’t pierce their face, yet they allow students to p
ierce their ears? For many students like Ken Hall they believe much differently than the staff at CHS.
Under Johnston County Policy Code 4220: Student Dress and Appearance, "there shall be no jewelry affixed to a student's nose, tongue, lips, cheek or eyebrow."
Why is this?
Assistant Principal Jenna Sauls says, "[Piercings are] a distraction because when you’re in a conversation with someone who has piercings on their face that’s probably going to be the only thing that you stare at." She also believes that there are other ways to express yourself, because if you have piercings on your face, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything. On the other hand, Hall says that it is not much of a distraction for him except for gauges because they look nasty and therefore become a distraction. Hall also says that it has an effect on how our school looks because if a superintendent came to CHS and saw several students with piercings on their face he might not think too highly of the school.
[[Editor's note: There are plenty of ways for a student to express themselves at CHS. Just because you have facial or other piercings, that is not necessarily expressing yourself. It's you just telling someone, "Hey, I have piercings." Make good choices.]]
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