Posted on 05/12/2010 11:49:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A week after a school Morgan Hill made national news for sending five students home for wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo, a school in Monterey County finds itself in the flag spotlight.
This one involves an art project. A Salinas middle school student said her teacher stopped her from drawing the American flag, while another student's picture of President Obama was praised.
Tracy Hathaway said the art teacher at Gavilan View Middle School told her daughter she couldn't draw the American flag because it was offensive.
Hathaway said they were shocked when they heard what happened. They have met with the teacher and principal at Gavilan View Middle School, but were not satisfied with outcome of that meeting. When the parents asked the teacher what she thought was offensive about drawing, the teacher didn't answer them, Hathaway said.
The Hathaways now want a "real" apology.
"My daughter wasn’t trying to break any rules and she wasn’t trying to create a scene," Hathaway told Fox radio. "She was just expressing her view and saying this is America and I want God to bless it."
The Hathaways said the issue isn't about race, adding that the teacher is white.
Racism crept into the discussion following the Fox report. The school says it has received more than 200 e-mails and phone messages in recent days, most of them containing hateful and racist comments. "(Messages say) that we have violated that student's First Amendment rights and the so-called teacher needs to 'get the hell out of my country,'" said District Superintendent Mike Brusa.
Brusa said another meeting is planned for later his week between the teacher, parents and Hathaway, and that an apology may be in order.
Although Brusa wouldn't discuss whether any disciplinary action has been taken, or will be, the teacher involved wasn't on campus Monday.
The incident actually happened several weeks ago, but KSBW television covered the story Monday night. At the time of the Fox report, School District Superintendent Mike Brusa sent Fox the following statement:
When we were aware there may be additional concerns, I asked the administration to contact parents again to see if there is any expectations from prior contact that have not been met. The Principal did so, and indicated the parents were satisfied that the situation had been handled. They told the Principal they had twittered Fox and had indicated that the situation had been handled. Secondly, there are 3,000 students in the district, 250 employees, and parents that go with the students. Every day there are many interactions that occur between all these individuals. As I indicated, this event occurred several weeks ago, and in that time there would be literally thousands of events large and small between the people involved with the school. This was one small event that did not even come to the level of my office. There is an informal and formal process that is used to resolve issues. The school administration and the parents did not view this as significant enough to bring it to the Superintendent’s office. Thank you for allowing me to clarify this situation.
THe young lady who drew it should copyright it and sell images of it on a T-shirt.
Great idea!!
Anybody know how to contact the family?
Someone around here coined the word “infectivists”.
Like you said, they must infect every aspect of society with their perverted and destructive worldview, and they simply can’t leave someone alone to live their lives as they see fit if they are living contrary to how these leftists think they should live.
Seriously, conservatives would just as soon let gays live in their own little enclaves and not use government to force them to change, but leftists are dead set on using government to make churches accept homosexuality and not speak against it.
This is now my logo. My background on my computer and my blackberry. And it will be my Tea Party banner.
I fully agree. While the sleeping giant may be awake, the damage that has been inflicted by communists and other leftist fifth column elements is irreparable. At least half of the public at large in the USA is dumber than than a toothbrush and is more than satisfied to whistle past the graveyard.
The only question now is how much bloodshed will be involved to bring some level of equilibrium the the disaster that we used to call the United States of America.
It is getting WAY to bizarre out there!
I’m using it as my profile picture on Facebook.
Who is the teacher?
FIRE HER ASS NOW
How sweet of him and how kind of you to share with us.
Nice thought, only there is one problem, California is not big enough for that!
School Website: http://www.santaritaschools.org/gv/index.html
Art Teacher’s Name: Peggy Saunders
Source: http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20100512/NEWS01/5120308/1002/Salinas-schoolroom-flag-flap-may-be-baseless
Well, I mean, all the stars are of all different sizes! And the coloring is outside the lines in a bunch of places.
“Civil war is coming.”
Indeed it is, Mr. Robinson.
it may be once you get all the sensible people out.
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