Discussion on School Flag Policy

They do not want the flag, we do not want the flag to slay, is due to its origins with slavery and slave trade.

That is what was, that's the reasoning behind them not wanting the flag.

The Gadsden flag.

The don't tread on me.

Okay.

Which is the Gadsden flag.

Um, okay.

So he, he, um, he, what's going to happen if he doesn't take it off?

He, I mean, he is able to go, I was actually just telling him, like, I was upset that he was missing so much school.

I'm like, ah, so I asked him, can you just take his stuff out of his bag and go back to class?

Like, I just want him to go back to class.

The bag can't go back.

It's got the patch on it.

Because we can't have that in and around other kids.

So that's what I was trying to, and then he said you were close.

So I was like, oh, okay.

Yeah, it has nothing to do with slavery.

That's like the revolutionary war patch that was displayed when they were fighting the British.

Like, that wasn't, that's the revolution.

Maybe you're thinking of, like, the, um, the Confederate, Confederate flag.

Okay, I, so, I am just here to, I am here to enforce the policy that was provided by the district.

Okay.

And definitely you have every right to not agree with it.

Yeah, absolutely.

Because the ACLU says that he's allowed to wear that.

If you, like, go on their website, it, like, says in big letters.

So, all I, all I'm saying is that—

Unless there's, like, a ban on patches, period.

Like, if you said there's no patches allowed at the school, you cannot display what you think or anything like that or, like, cheer or anything like that.

Um, I, I don't, I think it's, like, one-sided, you know, because you allow some patches, but not other patches.

Other states have patches, like, other names, like, the American flag and things.

Backpacks.

Yeah.

That was, like, flown during the revolution with, um, yeah, I, I just don't understand.

So what I can do, and if you go on to the ACLU website, yeah, let's talk to someone.

I can have you speak to Jeff Yoakum, again, and then he can refer you to our person at the district.

Because, like I said, we're following district policy, is what we're doing.

So, the last thing I want is him out of class.

Yeah, I know, he takes his classes seriously, he studies, he wants to get straight A's, he did that.

He made Honorable when he was here before, he intends to do that again right now.

But it's hard because he keeps missing class for this.

I understand that.

Yeah, and I mean, we teach him to always stick up for your beliefs.

And, I mean, you're going over the revolution for seventh grade.

I mean, the Founding Fathers stood up for what they believed in against unjust laws.

This is unjust.

Okay, like I said, we're upholding a policy that was provided to us, which we have to uphold.