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Student testimony urges stricter enforcement after Pride flags removed at Niagara-Wheatfield High School
Summary
A student leader told the board that three Pride flags placed by the Gay–Straight Alliance were removed or stolen; she urged enforcement of the Dignity for All Students Act and expanded education beginning in elementary grades. The superintendent said the district reviews camera footage and discipline records.
A Niagara-Wheatfield High School senior told the board that three Pride flags placed by the Gay–Straight Alliance were removed or stolen over several days and urged stricter enforcement of anti-discrimination rules and broader education.
Amaya Henderson, a senior who serves as president of the Gay–Straight Alliance and a member of the district’s diversity, equity and inclusion committee, told the board she placed three Pride flags at the high school on Friday. By Monday two of the flags were gone, and by Tuesday all three were gone; one was used, she said, as a "fire starter," another was found near a garbage…
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