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struggle4progress

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Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:08 PM Aug 2015

Bay District School Board Upholds Confederate Flag Policy (FL)

Posted: Wed 12:36 AM, Aug 26, 2015
By: Leanna Scachetti

BAY COUNTY-- Discussion became heated during the Bay District School Board meeting over the Confederate Flag ...

Cody Davis .. said banning the flag from students' vehicles violates their First Amendment rights ...

“Once they leave they can do whatever they want to do,” Superintendent Bill Husfelt said. “But see you have a constitutional right, or not you, but students have a constitutional right to an education. They do not have a constitutional right to park in the school parking lot" ...

Board members said they plan to support and uphold the parking policy in place in district schools. They said it’s not just about the Confederate Flag but all potentially offensive or obscene symbols ...


http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Bay-District-School-Board-Upholds-Confederate-Flag-Policy--322901751.html

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