A headteacher with a heart of gold let a child shave his head after finding out he was being taunted over his grandad’s cancer battle.
Jackson Johnston chopped his own hair off for his Papa Rick, who recently lost his hair to Mantle cell lymphoma.
But when he returned to school, the 11-year-old was picked on by fellow pupils, being called “baldy”.
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He was also told he “looked like a cancer patient” and asked “why would you want a cancer patient’s haircut?”
Jackson’s mum Amber found out and phoned the school head to tell him about the bullies.
The Pekin Middle School headteacher came up with a heartwarming way to support Jackson – shave his own head.
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