Indiana high school teachers forced to remove Pride flags Sat. May 22, 2021 6:56 PM by Gerald Farinas Teachers at Pendleton Heights High School in the Indianapolis-area community of Pendleton were ordered by their school district to remove Pride flags displayed in their classrooms.
South Madison Community Schools initially explained that teachers should be neutral on social issues and refrain from political speech. They view exhibition of the Pride flag as political speech.
Mark Hall, superintendent of schools, told local newspaper
Indianapolis Star that teachers are “legally obligated to maintain viewpoint neutrality.”
The newspaper reported they could not find such a law and Hall has not clarified his statement.
An Indiana school board of trustees president is under fire after defending the board s order to have LGBTQ pride flags removed from three high school classrooms at Pendleton Heights High School. Last week the school district ordered the flags removed from French, Spanish, and art classrooms, claimi.
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Three teachers at a high school in Indiana have been ordered to remove Pride flags from their classrooms on the grounds that the flags make a political statement and some students and parents are incensed.
Connie Rickert, principal of Pendleton Heights High School, located in the town of Pendleton, ordered the removal Tuesday, according to
The Herald Bulletin, an area newspaper. The flags had been displayed by the school’s art, French, and Spanish teachers.