Posted on 11/12/2010 9:54:46 AM PST by fullchroma
Since when is honoring Veterans Day with the display of the American flag disruptive?
That's a question facing school officials at Denair (Calif.) Middle School who reportedly prohibited a 13-year-old student from attaching an American flag on the back of his bicycle.
According to a story by Monterey TV station KSBW, officials at the school near Modesto forced Cody Alicea to remove his flag because some other students complained.
School superintendent Edward Parraz told KSBW that students who didn’t like the flag might cause a disruption. Under the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, school officials can prohibit student expression if they can reasonably forecast that the speech or display will cause a substantial disruption.
But something is wrong with this Denair picture. The school administration apparently reasoned that because of some racial tension in the past stemming from Mexican flags displayed at school on Cinco de Mayo, it could ban the American flag. Yet other parts of the Tinker ruling should give officials pause before they engage in heavy-handed censorship. The Court proclaimed in Tinker: “But, in our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression.”
Schools facing tensions over cultural differences can teach all students that disruptions over displays such as flags on bikes or backpacks will not be tolerated - rather than banning the expression.
Parraz was even quoted as saying that the "First Amendment is important," even as school officials proceed to ban Alicea's flag.
Let's hope this and other schools will show justifiable reasons before silencing student speech on the basis of "undifferentiated fear.”
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I don’t post often — hope everything’s right!
Whatever happened to “make me!”
So what happened to the Mexican kids who flew the Mexican flag?
It’s right all right. But it is just about the 3rd or 4th time today this has been posted.
But I’m not complaining. This needs to go viral.
Video and article may be found at this link:
http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-americanflagbike11122010,0,3045879.htmlstory
IMO anyone who is offended by the US Flag doesn’t have any business in this country.
If they have a cultural problem with the US flag , they should go back to where their culture is.
Why are we giving a free education to people who don’t belong here and don’t respect our flag?
If they want to fly their Mexican rag in front of their home then their home should be in Mexico.
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11/12/2010 9:54:46 AM PST · by fullchroma · 6 replies The First Amendment Center ^ | 11/12/10 | David L. Hudson Jr.Since when is honoring Veterans Day with the display of the American flag disruptive? That's a question facing school officials at Denair (Calif.) Middle School who reportedly prohibited a 13-year-old student from attaching an American flag on the back of his bicycle. According to a story by Monterey TV station KSBW, officials at the school near Modesto forced Cody Alicea to remove his flag because some other students complained. School superintendent Edward Parraz told KSBW that students who didn’t like the flag might cause a disruption. Under the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School... |
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11/12/2010 9:01:49 AM PST · by COBOL2Java · 46 replies UPI.com ^ | 11 November 2010 | UPIDENAIR, Calif., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Officials in a California school district said a middle school student was told to take a U.S. flag off his bike to avoid "racial tension." Denair Unified School District Superintendent Edward Parraz said Cody Alicea, 13, was told not to fly the U.S. flag from his bike while at Denair Middle School after complaints from other students, KCRA-TV, Sacramento, Calif., reported. "(The) First Amendment is important," Parraz said. "We want the kids to respect it, understand it, and with that comes a responsibility." Parraz said racial tensions boiled over at the school this year... |
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11/12/2010 8:07:16 AM PST · by Brittany Pounders · 25 replies www.LibertyJuice.com ^ | November 12, 2010 | Brittany PoundersThis is absolutely infuriating and I can only imagine my reaction if I were the mother of this patriotic schoolboy. I do all I can to instill a love of God and country in my children. My 10 year old son is deeply patriotic and I would be enraged if his school reacted to his patriotism in this manner. DENAIR – 13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He’s had the flag on his bike for... |
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11/12/2010 7:41:25 AM PST · by Personal Responsibility · 99 replies Fox 40 Sacramento ^ | Nov-12 | Elissa Harrington13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was asked told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property. "In this country we're supposed to be free," said Cody. "And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to. And... |
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11/11/2010 11:23:45 PM PST · by radpolis · 75 replies KSBW ^ | 11/11/10 | KSBWA 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... |
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This is different. It's the opinion of a First Amendment "scholar" at the First Amendment Center. It's good coverage. Maybe now AP will condescend to cover the story.
Denair’s website appears to be down. Too bad.
http://dusd.k12.ca.us/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=68
Maybe the school needs to look for funding elsewhere to whatever extent they receive money from flag-loving U.S. taxpayers.
All circuits are busy.
Well, if the little ungrateful bastards were just SLIGHTLY loyal to the nation they are leaching off of there would not be a problem. Sounds like they need to get their butts somewhere where they will not see an evil racist American Flag.
Hummm, I wonder where that might be...
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More of that valuable “public school” socialization....Hope all you “conservatives” delivering your children to your “really different” government schools are proud.
More of that valuable “public school” socialization....Hope all you “conservatives” delivering your children to your “really different” government schools are proud.
Thats different, But then what do you expect from a Communist country.
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