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Beloit parents, teachers and students criticize board's flag restriction in public comments
Summary
At the May 6 Beloit School District board meeting, dozens of speakers and emailed comments criticized a recently advanced policy that restricts classroom displays to only the U.S. flag, saying it harms inclusion and distracts from urgent budget and staffing issues.
At the May 6 meeting of the Beloit School District Board of Education, numerous speakers during public comment and several emailed correspondents urged the board to reconsider a proposed or recently advanced policy that would limit classroom and school displays to the United States flag.
Speakers said the policy, as written, would prohibit a range of flags commonly used in classrooms and schools to communicate cultural, instructional or supportive messages. "According to the proposed policy, each classroom, district owned school building, and admin or administrative building shall fly or display only The United States Of America flag," said James, a social studies teacher at Beloit Memorial High School, reading language from the draft…
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