Mom withdraws son from school insisting on haircut; CYS, police get involved

A Dauphin County mom plans to talk to lawmakers after issues arose surrounding her son's hair at a private school in the county.

Stephanie Robles says she wants the Crown Act passed, and after learning about a previous incident about the same school and hair, she's not stopping.

"At the end of the day hair shouldn't prevent someone from getting an education," said Robles.

For Robles' son Josiah, his hair became a topic of discussion while he was enrolled in St. Margaret Mary's school.

Five-year-old Josiah wears his long hair proudly, and is growing it out for a cause.

"My motive for keeping his hair long is so I can donate to cancer patients so they can have wigs," said Robles.

Robles never for a second thought about cutting her sons hair in order to fit a school's standards.

She received the following email from the school:

Mrs. Cantos told me she spoke with you when you registered Josiah for Kindergarten and informed you his hair needed to be cut before the start of the school year. He is in violation of the student dress code and his hair must be cut.

"I came up with an idea. I had his hair braided and had the girl pin up the remaining hair so it could be tucked in and not look like he has long hair," said Robles.

This style was still not acceptable in the eyes of the school. The school emailed her saying "He can not come in after today, again in violation." That prompted Robles to withdraw both of her children at the school. Little did she know Children and Youth Servicesand law enforcement would reach out not too long after.

"Mrs. Cantos called the cops on me saying she felt threatened for her life," said Robles.

Robles thinks a now deleted post on social media is possibly why police got involved.

"The post was like 'parents be careful putting your kids inSt. Margaret Mary's. If you have children with long hair or if you're considering St. Margaret Mary, I'd second guess that,'" said Robles.

In a statement from the Diocese of Harrisburg, they told CBS 21 "the mother was completely informed of the school's policy restricting the length of boys' hair on July 31."

"When I went to the member handbook it said grades one through eight. Josiah's in kindergarten," said Stephanie.

The diocese went on to say "all perceived threats against our schools are taken seriously."

"I never made threats at all," said Robles.

Instead, Robles wants to bring change to Pennsylvania and get the Crown Act passed.

"Over hair, you're going to try and get my child taken away from me. That could have happened if I was negligent mom but I'm not. I'm going to fight for my children," said Robles.

If the school St. Margret Mary sounds familiar it's because that's not the first time we've told you about them.

Back in April, we told you about a .