Donations pour in for pupil put in isolation by school after he shaved head for CHARITY
DONATIONS have flooded in for a teenager who was placed in isolation by his school after he shaved his head to raise money for charity.
Stan Lock, 13, had decided to shave off his thick brown hair after a number of friends and family were struck down by cancer.
He had set a fundraising target of £100 and was left devastated when teachers punished him for the selfless act on his return to at school.
However, after his story went public, he saw donations to his JustGiving page skyrocket to more than £7,500 - 750 per cent high that his initial target.
His mother Mel Rees, 47, said her son at first regretted shaving his hair after he was put in isolation by his school but the support he has since received has changed his mind.
She said: "Now he's had so much support he's enjoying it and he realises that what he has done for charity is a great thing.
"He's a model pupil, he's on track to do really well, it's not as if he's a troublemaker or a little rebel trying to stick two fingers up at the school."
He's a model pupil, he's on track to do really well, it's not as if he's a troublemaker
Stan, who is in year nine at Churchill Academy in North Somerset, was told on Monday his number zero hairstyle, which he had done on Sunday, was against the rules.
He has been banned from attending lessons and spends all day inside an individual booth, including at lunch and break times.
The teenager, from Bristol in North Somerset, was told he must stay excluded from the rest of his year until his hair grows back to at least a number two.
His friends have rallied around him and even set up a Facebook page calling for his release and a petition.
Posters with the slogan "Free Stan" have also been plastered around the school.
Stan said: "I decided to shave my head because cancer is horrible and people I know have been affected by it, so I decided to do something to help.
"I thought I would shave my head because that is associated with cancer treatment, it is quiet a dramatic thing to do, therefore I thought people would donate."
He added: "I am very upset and disappointed as I am being punished for doing charity fund raising.
"I have had my break and lunch time taken away to be sat behind a computer screen in a small box-like room."
He said he fears that his education is suffering and that he feels like he has been placed in a "prison".
Following the outrage sparked by his punishment, the headmaster of Churchill Academy said he would "review" the punishment handed to Stan.
Dr Barry Wratten said: "Isolation is one of the consequences for students that break our behaviour policies.
"My stance is to review when someone is able to take their place again in the mainstream of our learning community - this I will do in these circumstances and this will be based on discussions with the student."
• To visit Stan Lock's JustGiving page go to www.justgiving.com/stansbigshave
