'Hair to be different': Private school in Sydney bans the mullet

By EducationHQ News Team
Published March 15, 2021

A private college in Sydney has been the latest in a string of schools to ban students sporting the mullet hairstyle.

Waverley College deputy principal Patrick Brennan is reported to have told students that the unacceptable haircut was trending and if ...

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'Hair to be different': Private school in Sydney bans the mullet

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