Mom could lose job after refusing to pay school fine over daughters ear piecing even though she needed to wear studs to avoid infection

A mom is facing court action and could lose her job for refusing to pay a school fine after her daughter was banned from lessons for having her ears pierced.Helen Gent’s daughter Lucille, 14, was wearing “tiny” stud earrings when she returned to Magnus Church of England Academy in England after the school holidays, SWNS reports.But the Year 10 student was told they went against uniform policy due to “health and safety issues.” She was put into isolation.Gent said the school still refused to allow her back in class even after explaining they would need to stay in for six to eight weeks to heal and avoid the risk of infection.The 45-year-old took her daughter out of lessons for five days to homeschool her but the teenager returned the following week wearing plastic studs.Gent claims nobody performed a uniform check on the pupil and there were no further problems until the new school year started.She then received a letter from the school saying as Lucille was absent for five days, they could take court action, which would jeopardize the mother’s employment.The academy followed up by sending a letter fining Gent £60 ($77.79) if paid within 28 days or £120 ($155.58) if not paid within that period for “unauthorized absences.”Gent said: “I said I’m not going to pay because I didn’t take her out of lessons, that was the school’s choice and I have now received a court summons for criminal action.“I took her to school to register for classes every single day of those five days, and they refused to let her into class.”She said it wasn’t as though she’d taken Lucille on holiday.She had taken her into the school and the teenager was turned away.Gent labeled it a “massive over-reaction,” claiming she could end up with a criminal record.“My daughter loves school, is a straight-A student, and has 100 percent attendance apart from these days.

I just can’t get my head around it,” she said.“To get a letter from the CPS essentially asking...