Loudoun Says Teachers Who Attack Parents Protected By Free Speech, Mulls Banning Trump Flags

Loudoun County, Virginia’s school superintendent said Friday that the First Amendment prevents him from doing anything about teachers’ involvement in a secret enemies list targeting parents who are concerned that the schools’ “equity” policies amount to political indoctrination.

But earlier this month, a member of the school board’s Equity Committee proposed banning students from wearing clothing with a Donald Trump insignia, asking to make “a system-wide ruling and write that into the policy.” And the superintendent last year played a key role in a proposed policy that would have explicitly stripped staff of their constitutional rights to ensure that they conformed with “equity” policies.