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Photographer comes to aid of 8-year-old girl denied school photo because of red hair extensions

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Eight-year-old Marian Scott loved her red hair extensions, which she had worn on and off since the start of the school year.

But when it came time for school photos at her charter school in Jackson, Mich., Marian was told that her hair was a violation of the dress code and she wouldn't be photographed, according to her father, Doug Scott.

The experience was crushing for the high-spirited third grader, her father said: "Marian

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