It's Time to Compromise On Little Girl's Earrings

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When her classmates do math, she does math. When they do science, she does science. But when they go to physical education, she goes to the library because school officials insist she remove her post earrings before gym. But she fears she'll never get them back in.

Keira Romanello's mom and dad got her ears pierced when she was 3. A year later she was diagnosed with psoriasis, and those tiny post earrings helped her with issues of self-image. But the East Rutherford Board of Education worries about being sued if her earrings cause an accident.

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It's Time to Compromise On Little Girl's Earrings

Thus a stalemate, and the worst kind. Both sides are correct in their hardened positions. If it weren't a cute little girl at the center of this...

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