Selwyn Times: October 03, 2017

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Lincoln High beards:
School sets out facial hair rules
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
LINCOLN HIGH School has
set the ground rules for its new
trial allowing students to grow
facial hair.
It is dropping its clean-shaven
only rule after its students
won a year-long
campaign for
facial hair.
A board of
trustees meeting
was held last
week to finalise
Kathy
Paterson
the rules and
the length of the
trial period. The
new rules require
facial hair to be tidy and no
longer than 3cm.
Facial hair must be groomed
and not extend on to the neck.
Longer beards may be allowed
for medical or cultural reasons.
Board of trustees chairman
Adrian Paterson said he does
not think the length of
the beards will be an issue.
“I don’t think anyone will be
running around with a ruler
to see if it is 3cm or not. It can
grow longer than a stubble but
we are not looking for full-on
old man beard,” he said.
Mr Paterson said the school
received a positive response for
the trial.
“We expected if anyone was
upset they would be getting in
touch but we haven’t really had
any of that,” he said.
The trial is expected to run
until the end of next year when
it will be reassessed.
“It is a trial period so we
are not tied to it forever, but
if it works well it is great,” Mr
Paterson said.
Principal Kathy Paterson said
she was happy with the process
the school went through to
make the decision.
An earlier survey of staff,
students and parents at the
school found many supported
allowing facial hair.
But Mrs Paterson said
she did not see the need to
release the survey.
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NEW TRIAL: Lincoln
High School has laid
down the rules as part
of its new beard trial
for students.
“We have used the student
voice, we co-constructed the
outcome with the students.
There is no need at all. There
is a very strong voice for the
students to be tidy and well
represented,” she said.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you
think allowing students to
grow facial hair is a good
idea? Email your views
to georgia.oconnor@
starmedia.kiwi
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LIQUOR STORE CRITICS
An application for an off-licence
liquor store in Lincoln has
received 161 objections. Objections
to the proposed Liquorland
Lincoln on Vernon Drive
closed on Wednesday. A district
council spokesman said no date
had been set for a hearing as
the objection period just closed.
Another outlet, Lincoln Bottle
Store, wants to open on Gerald
St, about 100m from existing
off-licence, Super Liquor. It has
received 100 objections and a
hearing date is yet to be established.
SPEED LIMIT REVIEW
The district council is seeking
feedback on planned changes to
speed limits across the district.
The changes have been planned
following a district-wide review
of speed limits, and reflect the
growth in population and traffic
volume in Selwyn. Areas in
which it is planned to lower
speeds limits include Castle Hill,
Leeston, Lincoln, Prebbleton,
Rolleston and West Melton.
Feedback is open until Friday,
October 27, 5pm. For more
information, go to www.selwyn.
govt.nz
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