Students Sent Home Over American Flag Shirts

1980 · May 9, 2010

This country needs skilled immigrants. Every single one of the doctors in the rural area where I grew up are Filipino immigrants. Why? Because American-born doctors won't even think of working for a measly hundred grand a year. Even the kids from my home town who have become MDs have moved to large cities where they can make more money.

04prerunner · May 9, 2010

nothing against hispanics at all. for god sakes my girlfriend is cuban, but, this is fucking bullshit. We are in America!!! you should be able to represent this country anyday of the year. When I was in highschool in 2006, not that long ago, kids walked around all day wearing there (%100 boriqua) shirts or there (mi orgullio) shirts and they never had problems, nor did i ever say anything. but for kids to be sent home wearing american flag t shirts is just fucking outrageous!!! i would like to see the person who sent them home and tell them to bend over so I can shove my boot right in there ass!! fucking school board!

04prerunner · May 9, 2010

takern said: ↑

Im not one to get involved in political stuff but this kind of stuff pisses me off. This is America. I consider it to be the greatest country in the world. We welcome all who come to this country legally with open arms. The people who come here legally came here because they could do more with their lives and be somebody. "The American Dream". That is what the flag stands for in my opinion. If a person wants to support this country then by golly, support it. wear American flag clothes. Fly a flag in your yard. If that offends somebody then they need to go back to where they came from because obviously they think that their old country is better than America. Nobody should ever be punished for supporting this country.
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well fuckin said!! x10

asphaltpilot · May 13, 2010

asphaltpilot · May 13, 2010

http://www.montebello.k12.ca.us/musd_flag_incident_press_release.html

MUSD SCHOOL OFFICIALS CLARIFY MISREPRESENTATION OF MONTEBELLO HIGH SCHOOL

First of all, please be advised that the students depicted in the photograph were not Montebello High School students. On March 27, 2006, the Superintendent’s Office at Montebello Unified School District received a telephone call from a local school district in the city of Whittier, advising that a group of 800 to 1000 students, from both the Whittier and Pico Rivera areas, were heading over to Montebello High School. These students had walked out of their schools and decided to conduct a demonstration out on the streets, in order to protest proposed federal immigration policies. This group of students stopped by Montebello High School in an attempt to enlist more students to their cause. Upon arriving at Montebello High School, our students were inside their classrooms. Since we had received notice about these students marching towards Montebello, school officials immediately placed Montebello High School on lock-down. The front entrance and all gates were locked immediately, and school administrators and campus security personnel were dispersed throughout campus to ensure that no outsider trespassed onto our property. Once these outside students realized that their efforts to recruit Montebello High School students to join their cause had failed, they decided to congregate around the flagpole, which is located in front of the school, outside of a gated area.

From what we learned after this incident took place, a male student proceeded to pull down both the California and United States Flag. He placed the Mexican Flag in place of the U.S. Flag and then hung the U.S. flag upside down, below the Mexican flag. In the meantime, the other outside students (as seen in the picture) cheered him on. Again, Montebello High School students did not participate in this incident. They were inside the school buildings.

We realize how hurtful and infuriating these photographs are. But please know that school officials immediately told this crowd of students to leave our property and then took down the Mexican flag and placed the U.S. flag back to its proper place. Please note that these outside students stole our California flag.

It is also important to emphasize that the photographer who took these pictures for the Whittier Daily News was fully aware that these students were not Montebello High School students. The photographer had been following the crowd from the time their protest started in the city of Whittier. However, he strategically took the photograph making sure that the name of Montebello High School was clearly seen in the background. The newspaper failed to clarify who these students were when the photographs were published in their newspaper and on their website. The Whittier Daily News did not print a retraction until 3 days later and it was not published on their front page. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done in smearing the good name of Montebello High School. By the way, the flagpole was secured with metal plates after the incident to prevent anyone else from ever desecrating our flag again.

The Montebello High School principal also organized and conducted a student debate during the lunch period on the subject of immigration. This allowed our students an opportunity to express their feelings in an appropriate manner and to gather opinions and data with which to make informed decisions about the subject. Our school district received an apology from the other school district's superintendent and an assurance that the specific student involved was significantly disciplined, under the full extent of the California Education Code.

We appreciate this opportunity to clarify the facts behind these disturbing photographs. Our Montebello Unified School District community was definitely outraged by this incident.
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