{"id":2010021,"date":"2023-08-23T21:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-school-demanded-that-a-student-remove-american-flags-from-his-pickup-so-he-stopped-showing-up\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T21:42:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T01:42:25","slug":"a-school-demanded-that-a-student-remove-american-flags-from-his-pickup-so-he-stopped-showing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-school-demanded-that-a-student-remove-american-flags-from-his-pickup-so-he-stopped-showing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Student told to remove American flags from pickup, stops attending school."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-school-demanded-that-a-student-remove-american-flags-from-his-pickup-so-he-stopped-showing-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A School Demanded That a Student Remove \u200dAmerican Flags from His Pickup, \u2062So He Stopped\u200c Showing Up<\/h2>\n<p>A Virginia student has been pulled out of school by his parents after \u200cthe\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-balk-at-passing-major-gun-control-reforms-ahead-of-election\/\" title=\"Virginia Dems Balk at Passing Major Gun-Control Reforms Ahead of Election\u00a0\">school administration<\/a>\u200c demanded that \u2064he remove his\u2064 American \u200cflags from\u2063 his pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>On\u200b Monday, local outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/wset.com\/news\/local\/bedford-county-family-pulls-son-out-of-school-after-controversy-over-american-flags-on-his-truck-christopher-hartless-driving-policy-senior-virginia-august-2023#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSET<\/a> reported that\u200b Christopher Hartless, a\u2063 student at Staunton River High School in Bedford \u200bCounty, drove to school with large American flags proudly displayed on the back of his pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>The school administration then told him to take down\u200b the flag, claiming that it was a \u201cdistraction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hartless, however, said that he was merely trying to exercise his \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservatives-fire-back-prince-harry-calls-first-amendment-bonkers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Amendment<\/a> rights. \u201cMy family fought for America and I feel \u2063like I should be able to represent the flag that they\u200d fought\u200d for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Student Christopher \u2062Hartless said he is just exercising his First Amendment right to fly the\u2063 American flag by displaying it on his car.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnG0jKXxvb\">https:\/\/t.co\/tnG0jKXxvb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX 28 Columbus (@fox28columbus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox28columbus\/status\/1693978829365338602?\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hartless also questioned how the flags on his truck are a distraction, when\u2064 there is a\u200c giant\u200b American flag flying at the entrance to the school on a flag pole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand how \u200bit\u2019s a distraction \u200bif they\u2062 have one on the \u200cflagpole that every\u200c other student can\u200b see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hartless did not \u200dcomply with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-member-claims-to-be-victim-of-homophobic-vandalism-no-one-will-provide-the-police-report\/\" title=\"School Board Member Claims To Be Victim Of Homophobic Vandalism. No One Will Provide The Police Report.\">repeated requests<\/a> \u200bof \u200cthe school administrators to take\u2062 down his flags, and as a result, his \u2063school parking pass was \u2063revoked \u200bas a punishment.<\/p>\n<p>Christina \u2062Kingery, his stepmother, has\u2064 said that \u2064they do not\u2064 want\u200d him riding the bus\u2062 to school, so they have decided to pull him out\u2064 of Staunton River High School and homeschool\u2064 him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they\u2019re willing \u200cto\u2063 change and let kids want to fly\u200c the American flag, then I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-chief-of-staff-tanden-will-be-confirmed-but-well-put-her-somewhere-else-if-shes-not\/\" title=\"White House Chief Of Staff: Tanden Will Be Confirmed, But We\u2019ll Put Her Somewhere Else If She\u2019s Not\">\u2019ll put<\/a> \u200dhim \u200bback in\u2062 Staunton River\u2026 possibly put him back in \u2062Staunton River,\u2063 but \u2063if they don\u2019t, then I\u2019m going to continue \u2062to\u200d let him fly\u200c his flags,\u201d she told WSET.<\/p>\n<p>The school later \u2062issued a clarification, \u2063saying \u200cthat the actions taken by the school staff were in line with established school policy and that the school\u2062 proudly flies American flags in the classroom and students recite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-asked-lead-group-pledge-allegiance-happens-next-will-make-jaw-drop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pledge of Allegiance<\/a> every morning.<\/p>\n<p>Now it might not have been wise for Hartless to disobey the school staff, \u2062but at the same time, \u200dthis\u2062 is\u2063 a really absurd policy.<\/p>\n<p>How are his flags a distraction to other\u200d students when they\u200d are on a truck parked outside the school\u2064 and the students \u200bare inside\u200d learning? It\u2019s not as\u2062 if he was bringing it into the school and waving it\u200c around.<\/p>\n<p>It seems highly unlikely \u2063that\u2064 anyone would get easily distracted by a flag in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">parking lot<\/a> if they were inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>Also,\u200b this does\u2063 not look\u2064 great for the school when one considers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-mom-calls-mass-exodus-public-schools-fight-indoctrination-classroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leftist, anti-American<\/a> trend that public education in America has\u2063 been on over the past\u2064 few years.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, there is no proof that the school was doing it due to a woke ideology, but one still has to\u200c wonder \u2014 would they be willing to say the \u200csame thing\u200c to a student who had the \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bishop-strips-school-catholic-affiliation-flying-black-lives-matter-gay-pride-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cpride\u201d \u2062flag<\/a> on the \u200cback of their car?<\/p>\n<p>In any case, this whole thing is absurd and it distracts the school administration from what should be their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-school-demanded-that-a-student-remove-american-flags-from-his-pickup-so-he-stopped-showing-up\/\" title=\"Student told to remove American flags from pickup, stops attending school.\">main focus \u2014 educating students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the school needs to reexamine its priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/school-demanded-student-remove-american-flags-pickup-stopped-showing\/\">A School Demanded That a Student Remove American Flags\u2062 from His \u2063Pickup, So He Stopped Showing Up<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Virginia student&#8217;s parents withdrew him from school when the administration insisted he remove American flags from his truck. 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