Read What a School Did to a 9-Year-Old Girl After She Shaved Her Head to Support Her Cancer-Stricken Friend

Photo Credit: KUSA-TVA Colorado 9-year-old was not allowed in class Monday because she violated the school’s dress code. Her offense? Shaving her head as an act of compassion to support a friend battling cancer.

Kamryn Renfro, who attends Caprock Academy, a public charter school in Grand Junction, told KUSA-TV she “felt it was the right thing to do.”

“I was really excited I would have somebody to support me, and I wouldn’t be alone with people always laughing at me. I would at least have somebody to go through it all,” 11-year-old Delaney Clements, Kamryn’s friend who recently started chemotherapy, told KDVR-TV.

The school said in a statement that its dress code policy was “created to promote safety, uniformity and a non-distracting environment for the school’s students.”

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