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T-shirt Controversy Surrounds Caldwell Co. School POSTED: 2:13 pm EST March 23, 2004 UPDATED: 5:56 pm EST March 23, 2004 HUDSON, N.C. -- Racial tensions at South Caldwell High School have prompted a crackdown on T-shirts with the Confederate battle flag on them. Fifteen students were sent home from the school Monday for violating the dress code. Principal Byron Jones says the students ignored a letter sent home last week announcing the crackdown, which began Monday. Jones says the school superintendent and school attorney told him to enforce the rule strictly. The T-shirt worn by 17-year-old South Caldwell student...