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| 2010-11-12 | |
13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property. "In this country we're supposed to be free," said Cody. "And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to. And they're telling me I can't." Cody had to take the flag off his bike and put it in his backpack, where he kept it all week. Cody's grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week. And if it was an issue of safety, parents should have been contacted. "No action should be taken. We don't want any repercussion," said Roger Alicea. "We just want Cody to be proud of what he's doing." Roger says the family is not planning to take any legal action, but they do want to meet with school staff. Cody says he wants to serve in the military some day, and is raising money for a trip to Washington, D.C. in the Spring. After being contacted by FOX40 Friday morning, Denair's Superintendent says Cody will be allowed to keep the flag on his bike. He told FOX40 he and the school are patriotic, but their main priority is keeping students safe; the school will focus on the students who are causing uprisings. Riding a bike is still not allowed on school campus, but when Cody rides his bike to school he can now fly the flag. I know this is cherry-picking; but my gosh who is it making these decisions? What have we wrought in this country when some t*rd kid/parent is offended by the American flag...and can actually get the bureaucracy to respond? If you are offended by the flag, then get the h*ll out and go back to whatever cockroach infested h*llhole you came from. | |
| Posted by:anymouse |
| #6 Racial tensions and uprisings, Mr. Deputy Superintendent? Could you clarify what you mean by that, sir? And could you be specific? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-11-12 19:22 |
| #5 I think we ought to use stimulus funds for one way tickets for any La Raza dufus who is offended. Why are you here if the American flag offends you. Go wave the frickin Mexican flag in Juarez for a few days and see how that goes for ya. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2010-11-12 18:42 |
| #4 Hmmm.. what is on the school flagpole? The Mexican flag? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-11-12 18:33 |
| #3 saw an Ed Parraz interview today. He seems to get it. The concerns were with "racial tensions" from the Cinco De Mayo day. Apparently some La Raza-types were threatening enough against Cody that a teacher/admin decided to censure by threat. That doesn't work against the CAIR/Jihadists nor the La Raza goons. If kids create a threatening environment, they should be squashed like cucarachas, not mollified by losing our American Flag. Let's see if Parraz follows through. Again, he seemed to get it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-11-12 18:26 |
| #2 Looks like a nice place - on Google Maps, and some have left some comments about Cody and his flag. Or one may choose to comment in person: Denair Unified School District Office Hours: 7:30-4:00 3460 Lester Road Denair, CA 95316 Fax (209) 632-9194 Office (209) 632-7514 x1202 - Superintendent, Human Resource Department (Ed Parraz, Superintendent / Jody Jorge) x1206 - Assistant Superintendent of Business Services (Judy Sylvester) x1304 - Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services and Charter Schools (Carol Hammond) I might do a friendly fax... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-11-12 18:01 |
| #1 "The school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag" Huh? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2010-11-12 17:48 |