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Resident asks when board will act on graduation conduct after students displayed Palestinian flags
Summary
At the Sept. 26 Wayne Board of Education meeting, resident Jim Frezwick urged the board to clarify graduation conduct rules after students displayed Palestinian flags; the administration said a revised policy allows review before any discipline or action.
Resident Jim Frezwick told the Wayne Board of Education on Sept. 26 that he had observed students display Palestinian flags at a recent Wayne Hills graduation and asked when the board would take the promised action on graduation conduct rules.
"I would hope that any code of conduct would not include an abridgment or a denial of a student's freedom of speech at a graduation ceremony," Frezwick said, asking the board to explain what rules, if any, might lead to withholding a diploma. He cited Policy 5460, which he said was introduced Aug. 22 and approved Sept. 12, and read language saying a diploma will be mailed by the principal within two business days to any student who has met state and local…
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