Article: Maret School Gets Lesson in Modern Times; New Head's Approach Is Hands-On and Personal

Marjo Talbott, the new head of Maret School, did not expect her defining moment to come as early as it did, over the issue that it did or at the hands of a seventh-grader.

But when a girl approached her after an assembly on the first day of the school year and told her it was sexist to retain a rule allowing middle-school girls but not boys to wear earrings, Talbott instantly concluded that this matter was not to be ignored, postponed or scorned.

After consulting faculty members and parents, Talbott gave the boys the go-ahead to adorn their ears. As word of the new freedom circulated throughout the middle school, Talbott passed muster with many students and set the tone for a new era at ...

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