Eight-Year-Old Girl Misses 28 Days Of School, Suspended For Her “Foul Body Odour”

An Tennessee schoolgirl has missed nearly a month of school this year after she was suspended because of her alleged “foul body odour”, American news channel WSAV reports.

The school reportedly sent the 8-year-old child home several times since October, describing her smell as so potent that it distracted teachers and classmates during the day.

The child has been suspended several times, with suspension documents for an incident last week claiming she did not shower for two days straight, slept in her clothes and couldn’t remember the last time she took a bath or brushed her teeth.

The notice from the school in October warned that the girl would continue to be turned away from the school until “corrective measures” took place.

The child has already missed 28 days of school. 

So far, the child has been suspended at least seven times and has missed 24 school days this school year already.

The girls mother denied the accusations when they were put to her. Krystal Hensley said her daughter takes baths: “You go to school to learn, not to be sent home,” she told WSAV.

The Department of Child Services investigated the issue at one point but they said they “did not have an open case”.