The three bald men of Loughborough PS

Jeff Green | Nov 02, 2016

Things somehow got a little out of hand at Loughborough Public School last Thursday, October 27, and it was all because some of the teachers at the school thought the students might respond to a little incentive during the annual Terry Fox fund raising campaign for cancer research.

The teachers said that if the students raised $800 they would all put on a crazy hair day, which they did. But then one of the teachers, Chris Chinook, said he would shave his head if $1,000 were reached. When the total went up to $1,200, more had to be done, so Alan Macdonald decided to join in.

When the big day arrived, the students arrived, sat quietly (or as quietly as can be reasonably expected under the circumstances) and waited as the teachers sat still and Robyn Lindsay from E-Clips quickly and methodically buzzed off their hair in a matter of a few short minutes. It was pandemonium while the hair buzzing was going on, with the students chanting out the last name of each victim, the noise increasing with the removal of each swath of hair.

Then, showing true leadership, school principal, Scott Morency, took the stage. He whispered into Robyn Lindsay's ear and took his seat. He did not lose all his hair, leaving about 1/8th of an inch, bald enough to bring more cheers and squeals from the crowd.

Then, as quickly as it had all started, it was over. The students lined up and exited the gym for lunch in an orderly fashion, then headed back to class after their lunch break and the school returned to normal.

You wouldn't know that anything had happened at LPS, except for the three bald men teaching there.