Oak Cliff Barber College Is “Permanently” Closed

(Staff Photos: Rick Lopez)

Less than two months ago, students at Oak Cliff Barber College suspected the school was poised to go out of business. First, a sign promoting student enrollment disappeared from the display window. Then came news reports that a dispute between the college’s three owners placed the college’s future in limbo.

One owner told Oak Cliff People that a compromise might be reached. Clearly, that didn’t happen. During a Sunday morning jog on Jefferson Boulevard, I noticed the building had been cleaned out overnight. No more barber chairs, no more client seating. Just a sign unceremoniously announcing that the business is permanently closed.

It’s a shame this 50-year-old institution has shuttered. Roughly 30 young entrepreneurs were enrolled at the time, and a few expressed concerns to me about losing their $2,500 tuition and academic progress. When I went a week ago, a few of the students had already dropped out, prompting a couple of young men to resettle into the coveted chairs by the entrance.

As someone who got acquainted with a few of the personalities there, I’d like to wish these young men the best. Let us know how you’re doing.

By Rick Lopez Nov. 12, 2012 | 7:55 am | 4 Comments | Comments RSS
4 comments to "Oak Cliff Barber College Is "Permanently" Closed"
  1. Ruben @ November 16, 2012 at 8:15 pm
    All students are okay.Sol Barber Academy has open the doors to all OCBC students and to make it better for us the owner young latina women has decided to re open OCBC back up and has got location so we can go back to our old school under Sol Barber College at Oak Cliff Barber College old location. We are very happy!!!!

  2. Ruben @ November 16, 2012 at 8:17 pm
    Sol Barber Academy comeing to Oak Cliff soon just for us to be closer to home!!

  3. Ismael @ November 17, 2012 at 9:57 pm
    Thank you Ms. Ana for opening the doors to us at your school Sol Academy. Not only did you open the doors to us but also re opening our old school back up close to home I’m proud of you for being an Angel and thinking of us to re opening the school just for us. I’m proud to represent Sol Barber Academy and graduate from your Academy in Oak Cliff. Thank you also Ms. Consuelo owner of building for given Ms. Ana the opportunity to re open Oak Cliff Barber College this means a lot to all the students. God knows how we worried of our future and hoped for the Sun to come out and sure did.

  4. david @ December 11, 2012 at 1:27 pm
    Ms. Consuelo is not the owner and their are only two partners in the establishment; I dont understand why your thanking that hypocrite, she says she a religious but in fact on numerous occasions i caught her pretending to read a bible just to have someone else to do the work for her, she may think shes a apart of the barber society, we frown on people like her, she was redundent for the institution and instruction that she failed to apply

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