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Board approves new restriction on flags flown on district flagpoles after heated public comment; vote 4–3
Summary
After an hours‑long public comment period, the School District of Beloit board adopted a policy limiting flags flown on school and administrative flagpoles to the U.S. and Wisconsin flags and requiring the U.S. flag to be displayed in classrooms. The measure passed 4–3 following debate and a last‑minute amendment.
The School District of Beloit Board of Education voted 4–3 Tuesday night to adopt a policy limiting the flags flown on school and administrative flagpoles to the flag of The United States of America and the Wisconsin state flag, and to require that the U.S. flag be displayed in each classroom.
The vote followed more than two hours of public comment, during which dozens of residents, students, teachers and community members urged the board to either retain existing practices of allowing various symbolic or identity flags inside buildings or to reject the new restriction. Speakers included students…
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