A Virginia high school student has made the decision to leave his local high school and pursue homeschooling after school officials demanded he remove two American flags displayed on his pickup truck.
According to Fox 19, Christopher Hartless, a student at Staunton River High School at Bedford County Schools, claims that displaying American flags on his pickup truck is protected by the First Amendment.
“My family fought for America, and I feel like I should be able to represent the flags that they fought for,” Hartless told the news outlet.
Hartless’s stepmother, Christina Kingery, explained that the school’s administrators demanded her son remove two American flags that were mounted on his truck last Wednesday. The school administrators claimed that the display of the American flags was a distraction for other students.
What is sad is that families who make the choice to remove their kids from public school education in exchange for homeschooling or private school also do not have the choice to re-direct their taxes which help to fund the failing public education system.
So in this story, obviously the school board doesn’t care about the family removing their student because they are still getting money from the families taxes. It is partially what is wrong with the public education system, no reason to encourage or push students to do better if your getting funded regardless of how the student does.
Correct on the tax piece. However, schools get funding based on head counts as well. If enough people pull their schools out, the schools will get less funding. Our taxes will still be collected and spent for sure, but local school districts would still be impacted.
Illegal !! Cannot do
Woke & CRT go Broke !!!!!
Staunton River High School offends me, it should be shut down and demolished. Clear that land before more citizens get their feeling hurt.
Does not every school display the red white and blue, along with the state flag waving at the front entrance of school?
Drawn up every school morning and then drawn down at the end of the school day.
In the.heart of the Virginia countryside no less.
What country is this?
Damn.
I guess if you have a rainbow flag , it’s ok.