Parent protests ruling that allows clothing with Confederate flag

the sylva herald ^ | 11.20.03 | Lynn Hotaling

[freepatriot32]

A parent of a high school student asked local school officials last week (Nov. 14) to reconsider a Sept. 22 decision that paved the way for students to choose clothing that displays the Confederate flag.

Stella Moore told members of the Jackson County Board of Education that her son had heard racial slurs at Smoky Mountain High School and described an incident where students ran across the football field (during a pep rally) carrying a Confederate flag and yelling "KKK."

"Your decision was made without regard for the feelings of those who think that flag represents racism and slavery," Moore said.

According to Moore, she and other parents of African-American students met with then Superintendent Mack McCary but were told nothing could be done.

(McCary, who was dismissed by school board members the following day, was unavailable for comment.)

By overturning Cullowhee Valley Principal Theresa Peters's decision to suspend four teens because their clothing displayed Confederate flags, board members told students principals have no power, Moore said.

"Your handbook says clothing that is disruptive is not permitted. Does this not include African-American students?" Moore asked.

School Board Chairman James Roper said Tuesday that board members had not yet discussed Moore's remarks but planned to revisit the matter.

School board members Sept. 22 reinstated the four CVS students, two boys and two girls, who Peters had suspended.

"There is nothing in our handbook that says (students) cannot wear shirts that have the Confederate flag,"

Roper said then. "They can wear it as long as it doesn't cause a disturbance and it's not vulgar."

The question of whether students could wear clothing with the flag came down to a "free speech" issue, then Superintendent McCary said at the time.

[Paulus Invictus]

In my university a BA in Education was equal to a kindergarten certificate; an MA in ED was equal to a grade school certificate and a PhD in ED was worthless. Most school administrators are MAs or PhDs in ED as well as being fully propagandized leftists. They are fulfilling their agenda of converting endless numbers of kids and young adults into dumbed-down, mindless commie robots and into envirowackos, most of whom are anti-business and anti-American.

[maxwellp]

Ms. Moore needs to read "A Stillness at Appomatox". At the end of the book the Northern soldiers paid tribute to those that fought for the South. She probably has no real understanding of the Confederate Flag and what it represented. And that's the pity of Ms. Moore. She does not understand the history of the country she lives in.

[gitmo]

Are there any protests happening that want Malcolm X, Nation of Islam, Aztlan or AZNPride clothing banned?

Anyone protesting those things would be suspended for being a racist.

[rogator]

If your university awarded worthless degrees, it can't be much of a university. Considering the cost of a degree program, it might even be fraud.

[Rodney King]

The white students carrying the Confederate flag while shouting "KKK" should be suspended.......for, among other thgings, dishonoring the Confederate Battle Flag.

What do you think the chance is that they actually did that?

[Rodney King]

Sorry, I see that you already answered my question.

[Gianni]

"Your handbook says clothing that is disruptive is not permitted. Does this not include African-American students?"

However, we'll bend over backward to accomodate students who are disruptive.

[stainlessbanner]

Well said, Polybius.

[stainlessbanner]

"There are no slippery slopes toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders."

Very true - we conciously submit to no moral authority and relieve ourselves of freedoms our forefathers died for.