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  • 2016-08-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Peotone High School Bans U.S. Flags (en)
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  • On 22 August 2016 Facebook user Debbie Knox published a post on Facebook pertaining to Peotone High School in Illinois, reporting that students there were told that the American flag will not be tolerated in any way shape or form, as it will offend others: Knox maintained that Peotone High School held an assembly to notify students the American flag had been banned because it offend[ed] people and that no version of the flag would be tolerated on school grounds, and she invited local residents to protest the purported policy by visiting the facility with prominently displayed flags. On 24 August 2016 the Facebook page Peotone High School Blue Devils shared the following message to clarify what they described as misinformation regarding a student's purportedly being suspended for displaying a U.S. flag on his vehicle: We contacted Peotone High School for additional information about the rumors, and the representative with whom we spoke confirmed that no general flag ban was in place. The rep explained that students there were increasingly displaying flags on their cars in a visually obstructive manner that could pose a hazard to student drivers, necessitating a directive to address that issue. Students are still free to display non-visually impairing representations of the U.S. flag on their vehicles in other forms, such as decals or magnetic clings. Moreover, the representative confirmed that U.S. flags are present in every classroom there and that the Pledge of Allegiance is recited daily before the commencement of classes. As such, there is no truth to the claim U.S. flags have been banned at Peotone High School, nor that during an assembly staff told students that the American flag was deemed offensive and wouldn't be tolerated. The rep also told us that no one had been suspended over displaying a flag (as some versions of the rumor claimed), nor had any cars been towed for having visually obstructive flags attached to them (as stated in another variation of the rumor). (en)
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