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On 27 August 2016, a photograph purportedly showing a South Carolina high school principal stopping a student from bringing an American flag into a football stadium was shared on Facebook: While the incident described above is largely accurate — Lavely did prevent student from entering the school football stadium with an American flag — reports that the flag has been banned from the facility were exaggerated. The local news outlet Greenville Online reported that Lavely stopped students from bringing U.S. flags into the game because they had previously used the flag as a prop to use in taunting the opposing Berea High School team: Berea High School principal Mike Noel issued a statement in support of Lavely's decision: Beth Brotherton, assistant director of communications for Greenville County Schools, confirmed to Greenville Online that the school has not banned the U.S. flag. In fact, the flag was on display in the end zone of the football field at the same time Principal Lavely was allegedly banning that object from the premises: While Traverls Rest High School did not ban the American flag from school premises, students were upset that they were not allowed to bring the stars and stripes to football games due to the actions of previous classes. Lavely agreed that students should be able to bring flags to football games as long as they were displayed in an appropriate manner:
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