[Lonely Bull]

Other news coverage reminded me of this effort from November. I'd probably heard something then, but I'd never looked further before now.

California NAACP seeks to remove 'Star-Spangled Banner' as national anthem
California NAACP Denounces ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ as ‘Racist,’ ‘Anti-Black People’
California NAACP Wants To Remove ‘Racist’ Star-Spangled Banner

The excerpt in the last thread (my order here is simply chronological) explicitly identifies the Offensive Section as the same part of the third verse.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this action at the high school comes directly or indirectly from the California NAACP effort (or if both come from the same deeper parent source).

[Lonely Bull]

Belated ping to my post #20, which I inadvertently omitted when I posted it. We've had earlier threads about a similar effort by the California NAACP.