The school in Phillipsburg, Kansas, has been forced to apologise after the invasive tests left pupils with a large bald spots on their heads. Local parent Jeanette has condemned the school's actions and says the incident left her daughter sobbing. (Image: KSN)Parents say they had signed consent forms - but were not informed that the school had planned to take such a large portion of their children's hair. In previous tests the school had taken hair strands from three different areas on the pupils' heads and had not left a mark. “They went with a hair follicle test because it goes back 90 days,” Superintendent Mike Gower told local news station KCA .

Source: Daily Mirror October 25, 2018 10:07 UTC