A high school in suburban Oklahoma City is reportedly facing some well-deserved backlash after a senior student was told he was no longer allowed to fly the American flag on his truck while on campus.
The student, Caleb Horst, told reporters that he was informed by school officials in Edmond on August 21 that it was against school practice to bring flags onto school property. The student, who had been displaying the flag on his vehicle for some time, expressed his frustration with the policy. “I’ve never really had problems with it before, and it’s our First Amendment, so it’s kind of hard for them to infringe upon our rights,” he said, according to KOCO.
Horst has received an outpouring of support from community members, many of whom expressed their displeasure with the school’s ridiculous policy. A group of parents and students rallied on the morning of August 26 to…
