{"id":426509,"date":"2026-09-04T22:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T22:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426509\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T22:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T22:20:16","slug":"dallas-isd-high-school-offers-barber-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426509\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas ISD high school offers barber classes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DALLAS – Students at Skyline High School in Dallas ISD have a chance to learn how to be a professional barber through the school’s curriculum.<\/p>\n

Barber classes in Dallas ISD \"\" <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

This year, Skyline High School in Dallas ISD offers a program for students to learn to become barbers.<\/p>\n

It’s the only program of its kind in the state. The classes are led by Manzelle Robertson, who is in his fourth year of teaching the class.<\/p>\n

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Students will learn standards for cutting, styling, and dyeing hair, and they must complete 1,000 hours of theory and training before the end of the program.<\/p>\n

The program calls for seniors to be in school for half a day, and work at a barbershop for half a day.<\/p>\n

Additionally, students in the program offer Community Cuts on Wednesday nights, where other students can schedule an appointment to get their hair cut by their classmates in the program.<\/p>\n

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FOX 4’s Shaun Rabb got his own “haircut” while learning about the course!<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

“We’re preparing them for the technical side and the practical side, and life experiences itself,” Robertson tells Rabb.<\/p>\n

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“Ever since I was a little kid i would always get designs around my head, and it inspired me,” Alexander Lopes, a Skyline student, says. “I want to do that too when I get older.”<\/p>\n

Some students in the program hope their skills at barbering can pay for bigger things.<\/p>\n

“I want to study psychology, and I know it’s pretty expensive, so I hope this helps pay off a bunch of the school and things like that,” Lexie Obregon says.<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this story comes from Skyline High School in Dallas ISD.<\/p>\n

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