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Originally posted by Pennington
They are citizens of the US. The flag represents that. In international schools, they fly the flags of all their students. If they want to relinquish their citizenship and go to a non-public funded school, thats their choice. But as long as there are Americans going to a school paid for by American taxpayers, the admin should have the right to signify this. I'm not saying that the students should have to respect the flag, far from it. But the school was paid for by America, so it should be able to fly the American flag.
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This isn't at a school.
The Willow Wind Community Learning Center is a government-funded facility that supports homeschoolers who live in the district but do not attend public schools.
These are people who have chosen to homeschool their children rather than utilize the public school system for their children's education--for whatever reason.
Evidently, the children have to go to this center for some particular reason--likely to take state mandated, standardized tests and other activities of that nature.
Obviously parents shouldn't have to expose their children to a flag they disagree with if they choose to educate their children at home, as they see fit, but are required to turn their homework in or take mandatory tests in a government subsidized building established by the same government they don't want educating and/or indoctrinating their children.