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WEBVTT Jackson Johnston loves hisgrandfather, who was just diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. 26:08-"knowing that one of my loved ones could die like thatwas like, really scary for me." he wanted to support hisgrandpa during his battle soJackson shaved his head.25:09-"and told my grandpa we could start a new club of shavedheads." But when Jackson went to school next day, as an aerodynamic 6th grader 26:23-"instead of good comments I got negative commentslike oh, you look like you have cancer" 26:32-"what's up baldyand stuff like that." Word reached principal TimHadley - who decided this was a good time to assemble his students"anybody know anyone who's hadcancer? Wow. That's about everyone in the room. So for us to judge someone else's reactionto that, it's wrong." In front of the entire middle school Mr. Hadley told Jacksonhe's proud of what he did for his grandfather "the lesson here is this - if you truly believe in something, stand up for it even if its different." And then, Mr. Hadleydecided to leave his youngaudience with something to help remember that message and he let Jackson do the honors 17:49-"we can handle this a couple different ways we can bring in the kids responsible, we can pull out thehandbook and swat them with it, or we can choose to make this a life lesson." it appears Mr Hadley's round dome made apoint. 27:40-"has anyone teased you since yesterday? Nope." 20:31-"for me I thought if it makes one student stop, beforesaying something, I think it'sall been worth it." 28:06-"he's like the best principal ever.." In Packwood, Mark Tauscheck KCCI8 news iowa's news leader

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An Iowa principal is receiving high praise for the bold gesture he made after hearing about a student who was being teased. Tim Hadley, the principal of Pekin Middle School in Packwood, Iowa, had his head shaved in front of his students to support sixth-grade student Jackson Johnston. Jackson was bullied by students after he shaved his head to support his grandfather, who was just diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. “Knowing that one of my loved ones could die like that was like, really scary for me, and told my grandpa we could start a new club of shaved heads," Johnston said. After hearing about the bullying, Hadley decided to assemble his students for a teaching moment. "Anybody know anyone who's had cancer?” Hadley said to students during the assembly. “Wow. That's about everyone in the room. So for us to judge someone else's reaction to that … it's wrong." In front of the entire middle school, Hadley told Jackson he was proud of what Jackson did for his grandfather. "The lesson here is this - if you truly believe in something, stand up for it even if it’s different,” Hadley told the students. Hadley ended the assembly by allowing Jackson to shave his head in front of the school. He said he hopes the gesture taught the students a valuable lesson. "We can handle this a couple different ways,” Hadley said. “We can bring in the kids responsible, we can pull out the handbook and swat them with it, or we can choose to make this a life lesson." Hadley said teaching the students a valuable lesion was worth losing his hair. "For me, I thought, ‘If it makes one student stop before saying something, I think it's all been worth it.’" Jackson said even the student who teased him the most came up to him after the assembly and complimented his new haircut.