{"id":2016879,"date":"2023-08-30T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-kicked-out-of-class-for-dont-tread-on-me-patch-defeats-school\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:25:04","slug":"12-year-old-kicked-out-of-class-for-dont-tread-on-me-patch-defeats-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-kicked-out-of-class-for-dont-tread-on-me-patch-defeats-school\/","title":{"rendered":"12-year-old expelled for &#8216;Don&#8217;t Tread On Me&#8217; patch triumphs over school."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2F12-year-old-kicked-out-of-class-for-dont-tread-on-me-patch-defeats-school%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=2016879&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>The 12-Year-Old Boy Triumphs Over School Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>The 12-year-old boy at the center of the controversy surrounding the Gadsden Flag \u2064can\u2064 claim victory over the Colorado school that forced \u200chim to leave class after wearing the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tread On Me&#8221; patch on his backpack.<\/p>\n<p>The Gadsden \u200dflag \u200chas its \u200croots in Benjamin Franklin&#8217;s Join, \u2063or Die cartoon, which features a snake and calls for\u2064 colonial\u2062 unity. It\u200c was introduced\u200b in 1775 as a\u200b flag for the Continental \u200dNavy.<\/p>\n<h3>Boy&#8217;s Mother \u200bConfronts School Official<\/h3>\n<p>Footage of the boy&#8217;s mother confronting an official from\u2062 The Vanguard School in Colorado Springs over the student&#8217;s removal from\u200c class went viral earlier this week, leading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-year-old-kicked-out-of-class-for-dont-tread-on-me-patch-defeats-school\/\" title=\"12-year-old expelled for 'Don't Tread On Me' patch triumphs over school.\">story gaining national attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Libertas Institute Connor\u2063 Boyack first shared the video and followed it up with a post to\u200c X Tuesday appearing\u2062 to show The Vanguard School Board of \u200dDirectors siding with the student and\u200d his mother.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;From Vanguard\u2019s founding we have proudly supported our Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the ordered liberty that all Americans have enjoyed \u2064for almost 250 years,&#8221; a screenshot of \u200da purported email from the board read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Vanguard School recognizes the\u2062 historical \u200csignificance of the Gadsden flag and its\u2063 place in history. This incident is an occasion for us to reaffirm \u200cour deep commitment to a classical education in support of these American\u200c principles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b school had appeared to argue the student was removed from class because the flag displayed on his backpack \u2062had \u200b&#8221;origins in\u2062 slavery,&#8221; according to the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/curl-bidens-brain-and-mouth-are-completely-disconnected\/\" title=\"CURL: Biden\u2019s Brain And Mouth Are Completely Disconnected\">viral footage<\/a> of the \u200bmother&#8217;s exchange\u2062 with a school official.<\/p>\n<p>The Vanguard School released a statement Tuesday attempting to clarify the situation, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been National media attention on our charter school, The Vanguard School, related to a student having the Gadsden flag on his backpack. Unfortunately, this story is incomplete. The patch in question was part of half a dozen other patches of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-if-it-saves-one-life-why-doesnt-the-lefts-logic-apply-to-illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"\u2018What If It Saves One Life?\u2019 Why Doesn\u2019t The Left\u2019s Logic Apply To Illegal Immigration?\">semi-automatic weapons<\/a>,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The student has removed the semi-automatic patches.\u2062 As\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school district<\/a>,\u200c we will continue to ensure \u2063all students and employees \u2064can learn and work in\u200b a safe and nurturing environment. The student returned to class without incident after removing the patches of semi-automatic weapons from the backpack. The Vanguard School and Harrison School District 2 worked in \u2062collaboration to resolve this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12-year-old boy triumphs as the Colorado school, which expelled him for wearing a &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tread On Me&#8221; patch on his backpack, faces defeat. 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