![]() Leading members of the student body at TRHS plan on holding a press conference on Tuesday to publicly relay their position on the issue and defend their fellow students. We need to do something about it because it’s not getting any better if he has the power to strip Americans the right to boast the American flag after being pumped up about our Olympic run there is a much bigger problem. Third, last night as I took the flag and attempted to enter myself he stated, “I have the authority to tell anyone they can’t bring it on the property.” Unfortunately the cops were not helpful and sided with Lavely even after stating “you’d probably win if you took it to the school district.” I’m no expert and don’t know the laws in and out. Second, I was picking up my youngest brother and saw two high school boys handling our flag with disrespect at the flag pole as they let it drag the ground and he acted like it was not an issue. I can’t deny the rage I felt as this is the third incident I’ve had involving Lavely and the flag I love.įirst, the day after Osama was killed in 2011 we were told we couldn’t have the American flag on our trucks on school property and the TRPD came and handled the situation. Alcohol ban on trains kept despite police preference for relaxation of rules Scotlands drug-deaths rate is far higher than the rest of the UK and Europe. Last night I picked my brother up from the TRHS Football game and he told me that Lavely had denied entry to a couple of young men with American flags. Lou Lavely, Travelers Rest High School Principal, continues to power trip and strip young Americans of the right to proudly boast this Nation’s flag. Hunter Ballew, a TRHS alumnus, claims that the situation with the American flag and the principal has been an on-going one: On Friday, Travelers Rest High School principal Lou Lavely banned students from carrying American flags into a football game against Berega High School. However, many TRHS students and individuals in the Travelers Rest community see the situation differently than the school’s principal. Ironically, right after Lavely banned his students from bringing the flag into the game, Berea students-the same ones Lavely claimed would be offended by the flag-flew the American flag on the field before the start of the game. GCSD issued a statement saying it “encourages and supports the appropriate display of the United States Flag,” but does not “condone the use of the Flag to shield unsportsmanlike or inappropriate conduct.” Lavely’s decision was backed by the Greenville County School District, as well as the Berea High School principal. The principal in question, Lou Lavely, demanded that Travelers Rest High School student’s not fly American flags at the school event because he said they were being used to “taunt” the school they were playing, Berea High School, and could lead to “confrontations.” ![]() Regardless of whether the individual students planned to taunt their Hispanic football opponents or wave our country’s flag in pride, the outrage on both sides is a reminder of the power of symbols and importance of having serious conversations about what values we choose to hold most dear.A South Carolina principal banned the American flag at his high school’s Friday night football game, claiming it could be used to offend the opposing school’s Hispanic community. ![]() The experience of this one South Carolina school, in a state that only last year removed the Confederate flag from its State House, offers a compelling example of how divisive these issues continue to be. Three days after his decision to block students from carrying an American flag into his school’s football game against Berea and to confiscate another flag from a student already in the stadium, Travelers Rest High Principal Lou Lavely reversed his position and said students will be able to bring the American flag to any school events. Another alum, Joseph Carter, commented on the post: “If you can’t respect the student body and their love for the flag, then maybe it’s time for you to go somewhere else, maybe another country.”Īnd that brings up the second question: Is this really about the flag at all?ĭebates over immigration, political correctness and free speech have been major themes this election season. “I’m sick of this political correctness, wrote Travelers Rest alum Hunter Bellows in a Facebook post that has been shared more than 1,400 times. Yet others argued that denying entry to students with American flags restricted their right to free speech-and was an act of cowardice on the part of the school. ![]()
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