“But later in the morning, the school was put through a lockdown drill with students kept in class after rumors of other students bringing Confederate battle flags surfaced.”
Think about that - the mere thought of a Confederate Flag led to a lockdown....and “lockdown” sounds like a term used in prison anyway.
Do you think rumors of a rainbow flag, Soviet flag, or even a Mexican flag would have resulted in a lockdown? I doubt it. But apparently a Confederate flag now poses a security risk. Something is backwards about that.
I think if this incident had been sparked by any of the flags you mentioned
this principal would have had a lockdown drill if there was a possibilty the rumors might ignite the not so nice passions of high school students.
The lockdown drill was to calm everyone down.