Posted on 11/11/2010 11:23:45 PM PST by radpolis
A Stanislaus County school is forcing a student to take an American flag off of his bike.
Thirteen-year-old Cody Alicea put the flag there as a show of support for the veterans in his family.
But officials at Denair Middle School told him he couldn't fly it. He said he was told some students had complained.
So now the eighth-grader folds up the flag and puts it in his backpack while he is in class.
His father, Robert Kisner, said his son should not have to put the flag away.
"He's got that flag on his bike because he's proud of where he comes from," Kisner said.
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"Our Hispanic, you know, kids will, you know, bring their Mexican flags and they'll display it, and then of course the kids would do the American flag situation, and it does cause kind of a racial tension which we don't really want," Parraz said. "We want them to appreciate the cultures."
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What else do you expect from mexifornia?
Superintendent Edward Parraz:
“Our Hispanic, you know, kids will, you know, bring their Mexican flags and they’ll display it, and then of course the kids would do the American flag situation, and it does cause kind of a racial tension which we don’t really want...”
The school superintendent is incoherent, his English is substandard and he’s ignorant of the First Amendment. How’d he get the job?!
I called and left a message. Choose the option for “Office” and after a short recording you can leave a message (pretty quick to get through the voice mail).
Denier Middle School tel: (209)632-8887
Just curious: Most public schools in the State of California fly two flags on their grounds: the flag of the United States of America, and the flag of the California Republic. Is that true for this school also—does it fly the American flag on its grounds each day? Even the public schools in my deep-blue neighborhood (with its illegal alien “day laborer” pickup locations) do as much.
Outside of the school, a large U.S. flag flies from atop a flagpole.
I guess this means outside the school building, on the school grounds.
Thanks. If the U.S. flag is being flown on the school grounds, I don’t see why the students would have a problem with a student at the school displaying the same flag on his bike or backpack.
Yes, the US flag flies at the school, according to what was broadcast on the news.
But that makes the whole situation more sickening.
Let us stamp out all personal freedom in deference to the state.
Increasingly I find the distinction between illegal and legal Mexicans to be narrowing. Many (though certainly not all) think La Raza first instead of America first.
Am I wrong for coming to this conclusion?
Am I wrong for coming to this conclusion?
Yes.
This is not a trait of all Hispanic Americans anymore than all German Americans or Italian Americans supported the Axis in WW2.
Hispanics are not Muslims.
Press 1 for English...
That’s an interesting statement.
Are California public schools still teaching children about Veterans' Day?
Here is a link to a 2010-11 school calendar. No holiday is marked for November 11, but November 12 (the day after Veterans' Day) is "early release" day:
http://www.californiak12.org/www/calif/site/hosting/2010-2011%20calendar.pdf
No...I think that he’s just a chee-ken. They can ban that which would be “disruptive” and instead of banning the Cinco de Mayo disruptors, they banned the American flag because it could cause him to have to face the invasion forces.
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