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Officials at a high school in Gainesville, Georgia have decided to move a display of international flags -- intended to celebrate the diversity and unity of the community and representing countries doing business in the area or to which students have ties -- indoors to avoid protests over immigration. "We don't want the Avenue of Flags to be a place where people have a demonstration. We don't want to create a situation where some outside group may use the Avenue of Flags for their own political purpose," said school board chairwoman Lee Highsmith.The display was set up last summer as a tribute to the high school's increasingly diverse student body. According to the state education department, about 41 percent of the student body is hispanic, with just under a third being white and about a quarter being black.
The flags will likely be moved inside to the school's cafeteria. "The flags will still be there to serve the children," Highsmith said. "They will still have an opportunity to research the flags and understand the countries they come from. The educational intent of the flags doesn't change, just the location."
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
1-30-2007 @ 1:31PM
Christine said...So... they are moving an awesome display of Diversity in their community in order to prevent something from POTENTIALLY happening... even though it hasnt happened or been attempted?
Seems paranoid to me. Also seems to send the wrong message... We did this.. but we want to hide it.
So what if it DID become a demonstration site.. it's private property so not really something to worry about..but now.. moving it... seems to me that moving it makes it an even BETTER demonstration site..
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1-30-2007 @ 5:24PM
Lea said...Christine raises some good questions. I'm curious how the school would answer.
Overall: How sad that the school even has to worry about those issues. I'm embarrassed for my home state.
- L
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1-30-2007 @ 4:50PM
W. H. Heydt said...While there is no direct statement, the data in the original article show every evidence that the flags are in front of a *public* high school (school board decision, consultation with city council, for instance).
Also, they've already had people object (including a group that wants only US flags on display).
Maybe the school should start a course in vexillology.
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1-30-2007 @ 8:44PM
Ann Adams said...I had to look up vexillology.
I'm for anything that contributes to our understanding of each other.
I was just counting on my fingers the number of flags I'd recognize on sight. Not very many and only four national anthems upon hearing them.
I speak one language.
Sad.
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