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struggle4progress

(118,295 posts) Fri Aug 21, 2015, 06:11 AM Aug 2015

Park Hill South student suspended for flying Confederate flag on truck (MO)

Posted: Aug 20, 2015 10:34 PM EDT Updated: Aug 20, 2015 10:39 PM EDT
By Laura McCallister, Multimedia Producer
By Josh Marshall, News Reporter

... The student’s suspension brings up a gray area of freedom of speech rights on school property. The school says their policy is black and white and all students who sign a contract have to follow by the rules when parking in the school’s lot ...

Ayres said his friend Kyle Becker was suspended for flying the Confederate flag. The school wouldn’t comment on why only Becker was suspended when all the friends flew one on their trucks Thursday ...

Legally, the school cannot confirm the suspension.

"We do have a rule that bans certain symbols from school," said Park Hill South High School Principal Dale Longenecker ...

http://www.kctv5.com/story/29847564/park-hill-south-student-suspended-for-flying-confederate-flag-on-truck

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Park Hill South student suspended for flying Confederate flag on truck (MO) (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2015 OP

I'm somewhat troubled by this... ellenrr Aug 2015 #1

the truck was in the school parking lot - school property DrDan Aug 2015 #2

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)

1. I'm somewhat troubled by this...

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:07 AM

Aug 2015

I am well aware of what the conf. flag stands for, and 100% agree with the woman who climbed the flagpole and took it down,
and that it may not stand at any state house, official building, etc.

but on a person's car?
by the same token, maybe my Occupy bumper sticker wd get me banned at that school.

what about the american flag, which to many of us, represents slaughter of millions?

Imo, we should err on the side of free speech.
even odious free speech.

DrDan

(20,411 posts)

2. the truck was in the school parking lot - school property

Reply to ellenrr (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 21, 2015, 08:28 AM

Aug 2015

Seems to me that the parking lots, hence school property, fall under the same set of rules as the school-proper.

btw - taught and coached tennis at this school for a year.

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