A student at Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti spoke to a school board about a piercing policy that she reportedly feels is unfair.

Sims-Fujita, sophomore class president at Lincoln, believes the small silver barbell in her eyebrow is no more disruptive or unsafe than the dangly hoop earrings she also wore to school on Tuesday. She told The Ann Arbor News that the school district is unfairly singling her out while others with their crystal-studded noses and other ornamented places are left alone.

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The school's principal, Lon Proffitt, told the paper that the teen wasn't "kicked out" of school Tuesday morning for the second time this month. She left voluntarily after disobeying a piercing policy that he is obligated to enforce.

Sims-Fujita spoke to the school board Monday night about why she thought she shouldn't have been asked to take out her eyebrow jewelry Feb. 12, the first time she was asked to leave school for the fashion statement she acquired in June, the paper reported.

The school board said it would study a new dress code that went into effect Feb. 1, but took no action to change its stance on body piercing. For now, students can wear only pierced earrings, according to the paper.

Ruth Zweifler, volunteer advocate and former director of the Student Advocacy Center in Ann Arbor, told the paper she is looking for an attorney to represent Sims-Fujita.

Sims-Fujita told the paper she gave each school board member a copy of the First Amendment with a Band-Aid stuck to it. She said the purpose of the display was to let the school board know her civil liberties were being violated and to show them how she thinks that a Band-Aid is more eye-catching and distracting than her silver brow ring.

School Board President Gregory Peoples said he has asked the board's policy committee to consult with the board's attorney about the issue. He told the paper he promoted the policy.

Peoples said he is not trying to alienate any students, but he thinks having a piercing policy is an important part of creating a safe, distraction-free environment that fosters growth and achievement, the paper reported.