Teen, school clash over bandanna

Part of tribute to parent on Pink Out Day violates Arkansas High’s policy

By: Marie Martin - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Jim Williamson Hunter Suggitt is dressed all in pink in honor of his mother, the late Kimberly Curt Suggitt, 36, who died of cancer four years ago.

Staff photo by Jim Williamson Hunter Suggitt, 16, was asked Friday to remove his pink bandanna because wearing it violates Arkansas High School’s rules. The 10th-grader wore pink on Pink Out Day to pay tribute to his mother, who died of cancer four years ago. He was sent home after he refused...

A sophomore football player was asked to leave Arkansas High School on Friday when he refused to remove a pink bandanna he wore to honor his mother.

Friday was Texarkana’s Pink Out Day in honor of breast cancer survivors and those who lost the battle.

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Published: 10/13/2012