Then it was an act of civil disobedience.
"Careless seems the great Avenger; history's pages but record
One death-grapple in the darkness 'twixt old systems and the Word;
Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne,—
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own."
agreed. The kids were told not to, they did it anyway, suspended as promised.
Seems open and shut. No real controversy.
I do not support parents or people pitching a fit about this. Its very simple. Told no. Obey rules or be punished. Just because you feel you need, want, or demand something, doesn’t mean you get it because ‘Flag! Patriotic! 9-11!’