Four Live Oak High School teens sent home for wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo have become the focus of national media attention and spurred a march by Hispanic students through downtown Morgan Hill.
Live Oak students Daniel Galli, Dominic Maciel, Matt Dariano and Austin Carvalho wore red, white and blue T-shirts - some with the American flag and some with flag shorts - to school Wednesday, prompting administrators to ask the students to change their clothing or turn their T-shirts inside-out because it could incite a confrontation on Cinco de Mayo. The four students' parents were called into a conference with Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez and Principal Nick Boden, who sent the students home with an unexcused absence - not a suspension.
"I just couldn't believe it," said Dominic's mother Julie Fagerstrom Wednesday. "I'm an open-minded parent, but it's got to be on both sides. It can't be five kids singled out."
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We as United States citizens should NEVER have to remove, block, or conceal our patriotism from anyone, for anyone, on anyday in the United States of America. If we ever have to remove or conceal the american flag and/or colors on United States soil then we have lost everything our founders stood for. Do not give away your independence because someone tells you that's the politically correct thing to do.
Posted by: Randy Meekin | May 08, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Imagine if it was the 4th of July and the Hispanic students wore Mexican colors.....you think they would be ordered to take them off? Hell no.
Posted by: Humpty Dumpty | May 08, 2010 at 08:34 PM