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The flag prohibition at the high school here made front page news today in the paper. According to the assistant principal, there was an anticipated backlash from allowing Mexican students an excused absence on Monday, in observance of the planned demonstrations. The paper said that ALL students were prohibited from wearing ANY flags on Friday. The report went on to say that the students sent home for wearing a U.S. flag received an apology, after the assistant principal reviewed applicable case law.
This still doesn't sit well with me. Basically, the administration made the mistake of declaring a local holiday for a class of students. If it hadn't done that, there would have been no potential backlash to be concerned with.
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