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Montgomery County {Virginia} School Board favors Confederate flag ban on clothing
Montgomery County School Board favors Confederate flag ban on clothing
Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:04 pm
By Travis Williams
travis.williams@roanoke.com
381-1643
CHRISTIANSBURG — Montgomery County Public Schools may soon have dress code policy that specifically bans the Confederate flag.
On Tuesday night the school board approved the first reading of a revised countywide ban that would bar apparel, including decals, “that would cause a disruption to the learning environment in any school.”
Following the reading, board member Joe Ivers suggested the policy’s language be amended to include specific examples. ... “The examples would be clothing articles, material, publications or any item that denotes Klu Klux Klan, Aryan Nation, white supremacy, Black Power, Confederate flags or articles, neo-Nazi or any other hate groups,” Ivers said.
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The policy discussion comes on the heels of close to two months of community debate and protests over Christiansburg High School’s recent ban on Confederate symbols from student vehicles in the parking lot. The school’s dress code has barred Confederate symbols since 2002. The school policy prohibiting the flag from vehicles in the parking lot didn’t take effect until this school year.
Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 10:04 pm
By Travis Williams
travis.williams@roanoke.com
381-1643
CHRISTIANSBURG — Montgomery County Public Schools may soon have dress code policy that specifically bans the Confederate flag.
On Tuesday night the school board approved the first reading of a revised countywide ban that would bar apparel, including decals, “that would cause a disruption to the learning environment in any school.”
Following the reading, board member Joe Ivers suggested the policy’s language be amended to include specific examples. ... “The examples would be clothing articles, material, publications or any item that denotes Klu Klux Klan, Aryan Nation, white supremacy, Black Power, Confederate flags or articles, neo-Nazi or any other hate groups,” Ivers said.
....
The policy discussion comes on the heels of close to two months of community debate and protests over Christiansburg High School’s recent ban on Confederate symbols from student vehicles in the parking lot. The school’s dress code has barred Confederate symbols since 2002. The school policy prohibiting the flag from vehicles in the parking lot didn’t take effect until this school year.
