Rarely does hairstylist Rhonda Davis have this many eyes on her during a simple haircut.

Of course, this was no simple hair cut.

In one not-so-fast trim, Davis clipped about 12 inches of hair off of the back of South Elementary teacher Kristina Lindemann's head as the teacher donated part of her mane to the ";Locks of Love"; program.

";I was really nervous, and I'm not sure why,"; Davis, who works at In Bloom Hair Studio, said. ";I guess it was for her.";

Lindemann, who grew her hair out for her wedding last summer, said the donation was part of a class project she designed to make her kids more active and aware of the needs in their community. The fourth-grade teacher invited the entire school to the lunchroom for the cutting ceremony.

";I've always had long hair, so this is something that I had thought about doing,"; she said. ";I think it's a good learning experience for the kids. We're doing a yearlong program about kindness and the need to reach out to the community and to people outside of the community. This kind of fit right in.";

Lindemann said she decided to cut her hair, which is still longer than shoulder-length after the cut, about a year ago. The ";Locks of Love"; program will convert the hair into wigs that are then donated to cancer patients across the country.

";We kind of researched the project together,"; Lindemann, who teaches fourth grade at South, said. ";I didn't know a lot about the program, so we all got to learn about it at the same time.";

One of her students, Jayce, said his teacher looks ";better with short hair.";

";I thought it was too long,"; he said.

Lindemann's example has inspired one fourth-grader, Dainya Pfau, who is thinking about donating her hair to the program.

";She hasn't decided yet,"; Lindemann said. ";She likes it long. But she's thinking about it.";