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Parents and residents urge board to reject broad flag-display policy, citing free-speech and privacy concerns
Summary
During public comment Goochland County residents urged the school board to reconsider a proposed IEAA flag-display policy they say would ban pride and other expressive flags, raise First Amendment risks and could conflict with FERPA if board members seek student records.
Public commenters at the Goochland County School Board meeting on Monday urged the board to delay or revise a proposed IEAA flag-display policy, saying the draft is overly broad, risks viewpoint discrimination and could expose the division to costly litigation.
Kelly Crockett, a parent at Goochland High School, said the draft policy is "unnecessary, unconstitutional, and it exposes GCPS to civil lawsuits," and warned that any policy narrowly banning particular flags risks violating students' speech rights. "This is a frivolous attempt to suppress constitutional rights and individuality, and it will not succeed,"…
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