Then, American kids are sent home as trouble makers for wearing symbols of American pride, our flag.
Posted on 05/05/2010 5:32:54 PM PDT by Ballygrl
Five Morgan Hill students sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts
2:11 PM By Lindsay Bryant
Five male students were asked to leave Live Oak High School this morning because they were wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. Officials at the school could not be reached for comment, but one student said administrators called the T-shirts "incendiary."
"They said we were starting a fight, we were fuel to the fire," said Matt Dariano, a sophomore.
The five teens were sitting at a table outside during their brunch break around 10:10 a.m. when Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez asked two boys to take off their American flag bandannas that they were wearing on their heads. In the same conversation, student Dominic Maciel said, Rodriguez told the group to "walk with him to the office."
Dariano called his mother Diana, who spread the word to the other parents and all arrived soon after to have a conference with Rodriguez and Principal Nick Boden.
Maciel said they were told they must turn their T-shirts inside-out or be sent home. Maciel said they were told it wouldn't be considered a suspension but Rodriguez did not want any fights to break out among Mexican students and the group showing their American pride.
The boys said they thought turning the American flag inside-out was disrespectful, so all went home.
Dariano said Rodriguez indicated to him that while other students were wearing American flags, the group of five was "the easiest target to cause trouble."
"We were not going to start a fight. We wanted to show our pride," Dariano said. "In light of all of this, there are people with painted flags in red, green and white and yet the boys can't wear the American flag," Diana said.
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Five male students were asked to leave Live Oak High School this morning
because they were wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo.
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I guess we better get used to it.
California IS a province of Mexico.
Other than half-priced margaritas, what is the point of Cinco de Mayo anyway?
Call them now! this has got to stop!
Staff Members are listed alphabetically below.
Switchboard (408) 201-6100
Fax (408) 776-9097
Attendance (408) 201-6104 / 6121 / 6122
Extension 201-6100 + “1” + extension
Homework Click on a teacher’s name
Email Click on a staff member’s email link
No i Wake up early every day i just have never been a morning person.
I enjoy the peace of the night knowing all of my lifes problems are sleeping in bed.
No way. They'd get their butts handed to them in a sling.
Everyone -
Call Live Oak Vice Principal Miguel Rodriguez at:
Switchboard (408) 201-6100
Ext: 40105
This is America!
Deja vu ping!
How many kids in this school are illegal?????
Hopefully the Landmark Legal Foundation will jump on this and make a point that America does not yet belong to Mexico!
I would have paid money if anyone at the school had been asked what Cinco de Mayo celebrated, what year the event occured and would have paid $100 to any student or faculty who knew the answer.
For the record, 1862, Puebla, which is sort of near Monterrey. It occured when Mexico defaulted on its foreign date to the French, among others. The French invaded and suffered a minor defeat to a numerically inferior Mexican army before the French went on to excecute Mexico’s president, conquer and govern the country for another 5 or 6 years.
Then, American kids are sent home as trouble makers for wearing symbols of American pride, our flag.
Exactly what I thought.
Extremely blatant unconstitutional action. Schools can ban certain things on a blanket basis, but they cannot treat political speech/expression differently on the basis of content.
Be advised, the female that helped me, was in total agreement that this was a national outrage and embarrassment...
I hope everyone will take a minute and call now!
Morgan Hill Unified School District 15600 Concord Circle
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
408-201-6000
How many are hispanic I wonder?
Be advised, the female that helped me, was in total agreement that this was a national outrage and embarrassment...
I hope everyone will take a minute and call now!
Morgan Hill Unified School District 15600 Concord Circle
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
408-201-6000
Be advised, the female that helped me, was in total agreement that this was a national outrage and embarrassment...
I hope everyone will take a minute and call now!
Morgan Hill Unified School District 15600 Concord Circle
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
408-201-6000
No but you will I-m sure. :*)
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