LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A back-to-school haircut is a common practice, but it’s not so common to go back to school to get a haircut. That’s the objective of a program from the Sharp Futures Foundation, which is putting barbershops and beauty salons in schools.

To start December, Winburn Middle School became the next recipient of an in-school barbershop. Sharp Futures hopes to spread this model across Kentucky, and around the country.

“A haircut can change how they actually see themselves, but having a barber as a consistent mentor, that can actually change the way they see their future,” said C.J. Carter, founder and executive director of the program.

These barbers are local Lexington mentors from the Porch Barbershop. One of them is Vincent Davis.

“I've been cutting hair for almost

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