butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: Mixed Response to Pledge of Allegiance |
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RALEIGH -- A shortage of flags, questions about patriotism, and confusion among teachers have greeted a new state law requiring public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in the classroom.
Some teachers said they were unprepared for the requirement and not sure what directions to give students. For many, the biggest issue has been a shortage of flags.
"We've been pledging to the flag even without the flags," said Tom Humble, principal of Raleigh Charter High School, which started classes on Aug. 16.
Some teachers at the school put up pictures of the flag, and at least one downloaded an image onto his computer, he said. The school ordered flags and hardware, at a cost of $623, for each of the school's 30 classrooms.
Wakefield High in North Raleigh improvised during the first few days of school. Its students in classrooms without flags faced the front of the school, where the outdoor flag flies. Student leaders have since been leading the pledge on classroom television monitors, with an image of the flag in the background.
"We've ordered more flags," principal Steve Takacs said.
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http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?AC=&ArID=126428&SecID=2 |
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