Was reading the local paper and this stuck out to me. Apparently the new principal flubbed the Pledge but students on social media mistook it for leaving out “under god” and staged a protest.
HUNTINGTON— Student protests at Spring Valley High School disrupted Wednesday morning classes after social media rumors swirled the administration had, among other claims, intentionally omitted the phrase “One Nation, Under God,” from the daily Pledge of Allegiance and disciplined students for religious expressions in school.
Principal Tammy Forbush called the social media talk “absolute lies,” clarifying no student has been, nor will they ever, be disciplined for practicing or expressing their faith in school. The situation had spiraled from her own innocuous mistake in reciting the Pledge on Tuesday morning, Forbush said, forgetting the phrase “And to the Republic, for which it stands,” rather than the rumors of “One Nation, Under God.”
I thought this part was funny:
Allegations swirled to include claims the administration had suspended a student for reading a Bible, had made a student change a shirt with a religious slogan, and had removed all American flags from the school: all of which Forbush said are not true.
“In fact one parent was in the office complaining about the removal of flags, and that parent had walked past the flag on the large pole, and there are two in the office,” Forbush said, with at all three American flags visible in the school’s main office. “They were never removed, it didn’t happen.”
The allegations sparked a student protest Wednesday morning as around 50 students staged a sit-in in the school’s commons area, outside the main office, rather than going to class at the morning bell, asking for the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited in its entirety.
Obviously the new principle has her work cut out for her, since the students are obviously on their “smart” phones on social media and not even paying attention to their surroundings. When you hear how in the middle east rumors circulate about vaccinations being poisioned by the west and stuff you usually think well, backward uneducated country, couldn’t happen here. It CAN. Seems like we are really failing in education.
Reading the comments to the story it’s amazing how many people calling for the principle’s head apparently did not even read the story they were commenting on! Really shows why this is TRUMP country.
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