Resignations sought after goatee blocks grad from ceremony

(AP) — A Louisiana chapter of the NAACP wants a school superintendent and three school board members to resign after a high school valedictorian was blocked from participating in graduation for refusing to shave his beard.

Jones, a 4.0 student at Amite High School, about 50 miles east of Baton Rouge, told The Advocate (http://bit.ly/20swC2E ) he supports Morris' call and believes the district's policy banning beards is "ridiculous."

Other students with facial hair shaved before the ceremony, including three who came to the event unshorn and removed their beards in the assembly center with razors and shaving cream provided by district officials, Kolwe said.