A North Carolina high school boy was suspended for three days because he used the term “illegal alien” on a vocabulary assignment.
Leah McGhee’s 16-year-old son, who attends Central Davidson High School in Lexington, was given a list of vocabulary words by his teacher, one of which was the word “alien.” She said her son was trying to clarify exactly what the term referred to, asking, “Like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?”
The <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/student-suspended-for-using-term-illegal-alien-in-english-class/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carolina Journal</a> procured an email that said another high school boy was offended by the question and reportedly threatened to fight McGhee’s son. The teacher notified the assistant principal, which led to the school’s administration deciding the question was offensive and disrespectful to Hispanics in the classroom.
“I didn’t make a statement directed towards anyone; I asked a question,” McGhee’s son stated. “I wasn’t speaking of Hispanics because everyone from other countries needs green cards, and the term “illegal alien” is an actual term that I hear on the news and can find in the dictionary.”
“Because of his question, our son was disciplined and given THREE days OUT of school suspension for ‘racism,’” Leah McGhee declared. “He is devastated and concerned that the racism label on his school record will harm his future goal of receiving a track scholarship. We are concerned that he will fall behind in his classes due to being absent for three consecutive days.”
According to the school district’s student <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_M1284x4VS6VuqvFk5D_CSTEzXVbaEkl/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handbook</a>, “schools may place restrictions on a student’s right to free speech when the speech is obscene, abusive, promoting illegal drug use, or is reasonably expected to cause a substantial disruption to the school day.”
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The handbook also notes, “A student must be provided with an opportunity for an informal hearing with the principal before a short-term suspension is imposed. The principal or designee may hold the hearing immediately after giving the student oral or written notice of the charges against him or her. At the informal hearing, the student has the right to be present, to be informed of the charges and the basis for the accusations against him or her, and to make statements in defense or mitigation of the charges.”

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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Kevin Bacon</a> confirmed that he’ll return to the high school where the iconic dance movie “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Footloose</a>” was filmed more than four decades ago. 
Students at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/high-school">Payson High School</a> in Payson, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah">Utah</a>, have spent months working on a social media campaign using the hashtag “BaconToPayson” to convince the actor to visit their school for prom this year. Students did so by recreating scenes from the movie and posting dance sequences on TikTok, per Today.
That effort was successful, as the actor promised to visit the school on the day of the prom. Bacon announced he planned to revisit the school 41 years after filming “Footloose.”
“I have been so impressed with everything that’s been going on there with this crazy idea to get me to come back,” Bacon said in a video announcement to the students. “I’ve been amazed at the work that all of you have been putting into this, with the musical and the flash mobs and the re-creations.”
“It hasn’t gone unnoticed by me, not to mention the fact that you tied in SixDegrees.org, our foundation, and are trying to figure out ways to give back to your community,” he continued. “It’s really inspirational, so thank you. Thank you. And I’m gonna come. I gotta come!”
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Bacon&#8217;s upcoming visit to the school is significant because this is the 40th anniversary of the film’s release, and Payson High School will be moving to a new location next year.
The actor became an overnight sensation after “Footloose” premiered, but he said last year that the role didn’t align with his previous acting goals.
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“When I did the dance movie, I was not a dancer. I wasn’t trained as a dancer,” Bacon said on an episode of the “Podcrushed” podcast, per <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/kevin-bacon-footloose-high-school-attend-prom-40th-anniversary-1235950066/">Variety</a>. “If I’m being honest, I didn’t even really understand that it was a dance movie. I thought it was just a movie, and then, where they would indicate that there was dancing, I would just get up.”
“When I became a pop star, the last thing I wanted to be was a pop star,” the actor continued. “I had already moved into, ‘I want to be Dustin Hoffman or Meryl or John Cazale or De Niro. I want to work with Scorsese. I want to do Chekhov.’ You know what I mean? I was so into what my idea of a serious actor was, and all of a sudden I was given this thing that was completely not a serious actor. So I rejected it, full on. I tried to self-sabotage that piece of myself and my popularity.”

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Kevin Bacon Agrees To Visit High School Where ‘Footloose’ Was Filmed Following Student Campaign

Kevin Bacon Agrees To Visit High School Where 'Footloose' Was Filmed Following Student Campaign

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Violence and drug use at one Massachusetts high school have reached such proportions that school officials asked Gov. Maura Healey to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/massachusetts-high-school-national-guard-4a7257c5514641d67454bf882e5b31fe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">send the Massachusetts National Guard</a> to the school.
A majority of members of the Brockton School Committee — four out of seven — favored asking for the National Guard. Despite the fact that he personally opposed the decision, Brockton Mayor Robert Sullivan, who chairs the committee, forwarded the request to the governor.
“National Guard soldiers are not the answer,” he said.
But at a Monday news conference, committee member Ana Oliver said, “We’re not asking them to deploy a whole army to our school. We’re asking for support.”
“If you support safety in our schools, you will support the National Guard to come in here and keep our schools safe,” committee member Tony Rodrigues echoed.
Four of the members of the committee sent a <a href="https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/national-guard-final-ltr2024-version-6-1-1-240218-194343-65d2a61e2c19f.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Sullivan in which they stated: “Over the past few months, our high school has experienced a disturbing increase in incidents related to violence, security concerns, and substance abuse. The situation has reached a critical point, more recently we had an alarming 35 teachers absent, underscoring the severity of the challenges we are facing. &#8230; There are many instances where trespassers are found on school grounds, raising serious questions about the security and safety measures in place. These situations not only put the students and staff at risk but also undermines the overall safety of our community.”
“We&#8217;re not asking them to deploy a whole army to our school. We&#8217;re asking for support, especially with the teacher shortage throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” committee member Ana Oliver said, WCVB <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/call-for-national-guard-help-brockton-high-school-security/46855550" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “I also want to highlight that we have some great students in Brockton. They are doing excellent work. They&#8217;re coming in, getting their education. They are following the policy, the authority with the educators, but we do have some that continue to not do what they&#8217;re supposed to be doing and that&#8217;s what we need help with.”
“We started (the letter) more than a couple of weeks ago and we held off on it,” committee member Joyce Asack echoed. “We got to the point where we&#8217;re seeking help.”
“This isn&#8217;t something that [is] negative. The National Guard does bring positivity,” committee member Tony Rodrigues added. “We&#8217;re looking for support with the National Guard to come in and act as substitute teachers (and) hall monitors to make sure that the high school is safe.”
“I know that the first thought that comes to mind when you hear ‘National Guard’ is uniform and arms, and that&#8217;s not the case. They&#8217;re people like us. They&#8217;re educated. They&#8217;re trained and we just need their assistance right now,” committee member Claudio Gomes said. “We need more staff to support our staff and help the students learn (and) have a safe environment.”
Brockton is also the home of the only heavyweight champion to finish his career undefeated, Rocky Marciano (1923-1969), who held the heavyweight championship from 1952-1956, going 49-0. He was killed in a plane crash in 1969.

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Chicago Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson told reporters he agrees with the city’s Board of Education that police officers should be removed from the city’s high schools.
The Chicago Police Department has a $10.3 million contract with the city’s board of education, but the Board wants to terminate it. Johnson told the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ this week that he will give the go-ahead for the police to be removed. “Nearly all the board of education members who approved last year’s $10.3 million school resource office contract have been replaced by Johnson appointees,” <a href="https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-board-of-education-is-considering-removing-cops-from-schools/809ab8f6-14b6-4a62-8594-d533ebe41f08" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WBEZ</a> noted.
“The Board of Education is moving in the direction that I do support,” Johnson <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/1/30/24056400/cps-johnson-ok-pulling-officers-out-schools-he-tells-chicago-sun-times" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>. “There is an intergovernmental agreement between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Police Department. To end that agreement, there’s no qualms from me there.” The Sun-Times said Chicago Public School officials informed high school principals last month that police officers would not be present next fall.
As a mayoral candidate, Johnson opposed officers being on school grounds, but after he was inaugurated as mayor, he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-supports-removing-police-from-schools?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reversed his position</a>, asserting that the decision to remove officers should be made by local school councils. But now he has reversed himself again.
In 2020, as the George Floyd protests surged, the Chicago Teachers’ Union urged the schools to rid themselves of the police, <a href="https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/noon-tues-6-23-cps-students-teachers-parents-to-cps-we-demand-a-safe-and-equitable-reopening-of-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stating</a>, “These students along with the parents, teachers and staff that support them have looked at the data, experienced the brutality and are calling for police-free schools. Members of the CPS community are calling on the $33 million contract between CPS and CPD to be better used for restorative justice coordinators, social workers, nurses, trauma supports and other critical programs in schools.&#8221;
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Reports surfaced that last month, the Chicago Board of Education was attempting to remove Local School Councils — comprised of parents, teachers, and students — of the authority to decide to have school resource officers (SROs) present on their campuses. Reports indicate that this summer, the Chicago Board of Education will vote on whether the contract with the CPD will be renewed.

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Far-Left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) brushed off a question on Friday about New York City <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-moves-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-to-high-school-gym-due-to-high-winds-forcing-students-to-switch-to-remote-learning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">placing illegal immigrants</a> in a high school overnight, a decision that forced students to leave early and switch to remote learning the next day.
Fox Business correspondent Hillary Vaughn asked Ocasio-Cortez about the city’s decision to move illegal immigrants to James Madison High School earlier this week, but the congresswoman didn’t appear too excited to answer.
“Are you okay with the school being used as a shelter?” Vaughn asked while walking with Ocasio-Cortez on Capitol Hill.
“You know, I think it’s uh — again, this is not in my district,” she responded.
“I think it’s very clear here that what’s most important is that we identify a facility that’s appropriate for these folks,” Ocasio-Cortez added. “I don’t anticipate this being a long-term solution. It shouldn’t be a long-term solution.”
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Parents, students, and politicians <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parents-sound-off-on-nycs-decision-to-move-thousands-of-illegal-immigrants-to-high-school-gym" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slammed</a> city officials after around 2,000 illegal immigrants were transported from Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field to James Madison High School on Tuesday as the city faced a storm causing high winds. New York began placing illegal immigrants in tents at the airfield in November after Governor Kathy Hochul negotiated a deal with the Biden administration to allow the state to use the site to house illegal immigrants who have flooded the Big Apple over the past two years.
Students were forced to leave school early on Tuesday after the city made the decision and reached out to school administrators, and the next day, students remained home for remote learning.
“I do believe they are putting the life of people who are here illegally and not documented over my life. I am a 15-year-old girl at the school who wants to get her education and better her life, and she can’t come to school today because the day was interrupted by people who aren’t supposed to be here,” one student <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/01/10/metro/parents-outraged-booted-nyc-students-used-by-city-hall-in-out-of-control-migrant-crisis/">told</a> the New York Post.
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“Our public schools are meant to be places of learning and growth for our children, and were never intended to be shelters or facilities for emergency housing,” NYC Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov said in a press release after the city decided to move the migrants to the high school. “There are approximately 4,000 students who attend Madison High School. Their parents are rightfully concerned. Our constituents who live in the vicinity are concerned for their safety and wellbeing. This will agitate local residents, disrupt the entire school environment, and place a tremendous burden on our families, students, school administrators and staff.”

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AOC Pressed On NYC Placing Illegal Immigrants In High School: ‘Not In My District … Shouldn’t Be Long-Term Solution’

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Parents and politicians gathered outside of James Madison High School in New York on Wednesday to express their outrage after around 2,000 illegal immigrants were transported to the school to spend the night due to high winds threatening a migrant tent camp. 
On Tuesday, city officials transported the illegal immigrants from Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field to James Madison High School as the city faced a storm causing high winds. The migrants flooding the high school resulted in an early dismissal for students on Tuesday and remote classes on Wednesday. 
“The writing was on the wall the minute the city started being inundated with migrants,” one mother of a student at James Madison <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/01/10/metro/parents-outraged-booted-nyc-students-used-by-city-hall-in-out-of-control-migrant-crisis/">told</a> The New York Post. “It’s disgusting. It should not be put on us taxpayers.”
The woman’s daughter added, “I do believe they are putting the life of people who are here illegally and not documented over my life. I am a 15-year-old girl at the school who wants to get her education and better her life, and she can’t come to school today because the day was interrupted by people who aren’t supposed to be here.”
Elina Bekker, another mother of a student at the school said she was concerned that the city’s decision to move migrants to the high school will become “a recurring event.” 
“We were concerned how will this affect those students in the future if it’s a one-time thing,” Bekker said. “But if it’s going to be a recurring event, it’s definitely not acceptable.
“The school should not be used,” she added. “Our kids are supposed to be here feeling safe and able to learn. Many of our kids have Regents coming up in February [and] they just lost a day of school, a day of learning.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams visited the school Tuesday night after the illegal immigrants arrived, saying city workers were “doing a great job keeping asylum seekers safe and dry before they depart tomorrow morning.” 
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On the ground at James Madison High School. Our <a href="https://twitter.com/nycemergencymgt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nycemergencymgt</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCHealthSystem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nychealthsystem</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCSchools?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nycschools</a> teams are doing a great job keeping asylum seekers safe and dry before they depart tomorrow morning. <a href="https://t.co/VKMWrnJvLR">pic.twitter.com/VKMWrnJvLR</a>
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NYC Education Department spokesman Nathaniel Styer <a href="https://twitter.com/necs/status/1745104866832204201">responded</a> to criticism of the move to house illegal immigrants in a school, posting on social media, “Schools are safe havens—for all children, including our newest New Yorkers.” 
“For years, they have opened their doors to families displaced during emergencies. Our city is owed federal support in this crisis, but turning our back on the most vulnerable is not what we stand for,” Styer added.
Many New Yorkers didn’t see it that way, however. NYC Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov blasted city and state officials on Tuesday, saying, “Our schools are not migrant shelters!”
New York State Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny joined parents protesting outside of James Madison High School on Wednesday, arguing that the city’s decision to move migrants to the school is not the solution. 
“Today I stood alongside my colleagues in the Assembly, and concerned parents for a Rally outside of James Madison High School. I have been very outspoken about placements of temporary migrant shelters in our communities and within our public schools,” Brook-Krasny said. “We are a compassionate and supportive city, but not one New Yorker believes this is a solution. Our students will be our First Priority!”
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Today I stood alongside my colleagues in the Assembly, and concerned parents for a Rally outside of James Madison High School. I have been very outspoken about placements of temporary migrant shelters in our communities and within our public schools. We are a compassionate and… <a href="https://t.co/bwfXLRYfsC">pic.twitter.com/bwfXLRYfsC</a>
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Parents Sound Off On NYC’s Decision To Move Thousands Of Illegal Immigrants To High School Gym

Parents Sound Off On NYC's Decision To Move Thousands Of Illegal Immigrants To High School Gym

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City officials in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> are evacuating around 2,000 illegal immigrants from a tent shelter set up on an airfield due to high winds, and moving them to a high school gym.
The illegal immigrants are being transported from Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field to James Madison High School on Tuesday as the city braces for a storm that could produce torrential rain and 70-mph winds, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/01/09/metro/migrants-evacuated-from-floyd-bennett-field-due-to-high-winds/">reported</a>. Students were dismissed early on Tuesday as city officials were preparing the school for the migrants, and classes will be remote on Wednesday, <a href="https://twitter.com/InnaVernikov/status/1744835135462076767" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NYC Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov.
“They told us we had to get everything out by 5 [p.m.],” gym teacher Robyn Levy told the Post. “They sent us the email at 6 in the morning. I don’t know when we’ll be able to [be] back.”
“What I want to know is why here?” Levy asked. “Why not send them somewhere where students wouldn’t be disrupted, where students[&#8216;] learning wouldn’t be disrupted?”
City Hall spokeswoman Kayla Mamelak said the migrant relocation to the high school is “until any weather conditions that may arise have stabilized and the facility is once again fit for living.”
“To be clear, this relocation is a proactive measure being taken out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety and wellbeing of individuals working and living at the center,” said Mamelak.
New York began placing illegal immigrants in tents at the airfield in November after Governor Kathy Hochul negotiated a deal with the Biden administration to allow the state to use the site to house illegal immigrants who have flooded the Big Apple over the past two years.
Vernikov <a href="https://twitter.com/InnaVernikov/status/1744792711570362712/photo/1">blasted</a> city and state officials on Tuesday, saying, “Our schools are not migrant shelters!”
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“Our public schools are meant to be places of learning and growth for our children, and were never intended to be shelters or facilities for emergency housing,” Vernikov said in a press release. “There are approximately 4,000 students who attend Madison High School. Their parents are rightfully concerned. Our constituents who live in the vicinity are concerned for their safety and wellbeing. This will agitate local residents, disrupt the entire school environment, and place a tremendous burden on our families, students, school administrators and staff.”
It’s not the first time New York City students’ education has been affected by the illegal immigration crisis. At the beginning of the school year, around 21,000 illegal immigrant children <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-students-forced-into-different-facility-as-illegal-immigrants-flood-schools-on-first-day-of-classes">flooded</a> New York City schools for the first day of classes, forcing one school to place kids in a different facility because it reached building capacity.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-cuts-police-education-budgets-to-deal-with-ongoing-illegal-immigration-crisis-pounding-nyc">cut</a> the city’s education budget by more than $1 billion over the next two years to deal with illegal immigration.

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NYC Moves Thousands Of Illegal Immigrants To High School Gym Due To High Winds, Forcing Students To Switch To Remote Learning

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A fight broke out in the parking lot of a high school in Utica, New York, on Saturday, and when a Utica City School District security officer tried to intervene, he was shot in the back of the head.
“A large fight occurred after a football game at a Proctor High School parking lot off of Tilden Avenue,” Utica Police Chief Mark Williams <a href="https://www.wktv.com/news/crime/updated-shooting-after-proctor-high-school-football-game-security-officer-shot-in-critical-but-stable/article_108f3bd4-4f57-11ee-bb1c-673aa7bd8a6c.html">stated</a>. “During the fight, two Utica City School District security officers attempted to break up the fight. During the altercation, shots rang out. A UCSD security officer was shot in the back of the head. He was transported to the local hospital, where he&#8217;s listed as critical but stable condition.&#8221;
Footage of the shocking incident shows multiple security personnel trying to break up the conflict, until one of the officers suddenly collapses. (You can watch the video <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12502573/Utica-shooting-school-security-guard.html#v-1080290122457002467" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>; warning: graphic content.)
Utica School District Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Davis issued a statement saying that all on-campus activities would be canceled on Sunday as well as after-school activities for Monday.
The violent group that was part of the fight had been turned away from Binghamton High School. The stadium for Proctor High School has metal detectors, but the security guard <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12502573/Utica-shooting-school-security-guard.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refused to grant the group permission</a> to enter as he surmised they had weapons.
“He suspected that something wasn&#8217;t right with this group and he refused to lead into the stadium,” Williams said.
The Utica Police Department offered their gratitude to the security officer on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064802073577" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> on Sunday, writing, “At this point we will not be releasing his name, however we are offering our sincerest prayers for a full recovery. We would also be remiss if we did not mention the heroics of this security officer and the others who attempted to break up the fight and put themselves in harm’s way so the spectators and students watching the game were not in danger.”
“Although an arrest has been made, the investigation into the shooting is still on-going,&#8221; they wrote, adding, &#8220;The suspect, at 16 year old male, is not a current student at Proctor High School, but is enrolled in an alternative educational program. Due to his age we are unable to release his name, but will work diligently with the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office to seek the ability to prosecute the suspect as adult.”
The police department stated that the juvenile was charged with:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;">Attempted Murder in the second degree</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Criminal Possession of a weapon in the second degree</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Criminal Possession of a weapon in the third degree (School Grounds)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Criminal Possession of a Firearm</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Criminal Use of a Firearm in the first degree</li>
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A Virginia teenager was told he had to remove two large American flags from his truck if he wanted to park in the school lot — so he left the school to be homeschooled instead.
Officials at Staunton River High School in Bedford County, Virginia, warned Christopher Hartless to take his flags down; he claimed they told him the flags were a “distraction.” When he refused, they reportedly took away his parking pass if he continued to fly them. Rather than ride the bus to school, Hartless simply decided to try homeschooling.
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High school student Christopher Hartless said &quot;he is just exercising his First Amendment rights by flying the flags.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/bwhD4v44cP">https://t.co/bwhD4v44cP</a>
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&#8220;My family fought for America and I feel like I should be able to represent the flag that they fought for,&#8221; Hartless <a href="https://wset.com/news/local/bedford-county-family-pulls-son-out-of-school-after-controversy-over-american-flags-on-his-truck-christopher-hartless-driving-policy-senior-virginia-august-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.“I don&#8217;t understand how it&#8217;s distracting if they have one on the flagpole that every other student can see.”
His stepmother, Christina Kingery, chimed in, “I told my son if this is what he&#8217;s believing in, then we are both going to stand behind him all the way. &#8230; &#8220;If they&#8217;re willing to change and let kids want to fly the American flag, then I&#8217;ll put him back in Staunton River&#8230; possibly put him back in Staunton River, but if they don&#8217;t, then I&#8217;m going to continue to let him fly his flags.”
&#8220;I think that every student doesn&#8217;t matter what you believe in, what flag you fly, as long as it&#8217;s not harmful and it doesn&#8217;t disgrace our country, you have the right to fly it,&#8221; she concluded.
The school sent an explanation for their actions to parents that read, “The student parking contract, which has been used by all 3 of our high schools for many years, states, &#8216;Large flags or banners are not allowed to be flown or displayed on vehicles due to their distractive nature&#8230;’”
“Please be assured that we proudly fly the American flag throughout the school, and the Pledge of Allegiance is recited every morning,” the statement continued.
The National D-Day Memorial also resides in Bedford County to honor American GIs who helped invade France at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
“Dedicated on June 6, 2001, by United States president George W. Bush and receiving as many as 100,000 visitors per year, the memorial is remarkable for its stone arch that rises nearly forty-five feet in the air,” Encyclopedia Virginia <a href="https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/national-d-day-memorial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">notes</a>. “The memorial is located in Bedford partly for symbolic reasons: the Virginia town lost nineteen of its men engaged that day, all members of Company A, 29th Infantry Division, possibly the largest per capita loss of any town in America on that day.”

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The political divide between high school boys and girls across America has widened tremendously in recent years, as more boys identify as conservative while girls are moving to the Left, according to a recent survey. 
Annual polling over the past three years conducted by <a href="https://monitoringthefuture.org/results/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monitoring the Future</a> and the University of Michigan showed that more 12th-grade boys are identifying as conservative than liberal, while 12th-grade girls&#8217; liberal political affiliation continues to rise, The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4125661-high-school-boys-are-trending-conservative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The most recent survey showed that 23% of 12th-grade boys identified as conservative, while only 13% of senior boys considered themselves liberal. Around 30% of senior girls in high school identified as liberals in 2021 and 2022, up from 25% in 2020, according to Monitoring the Future. 
Psychotherapist Thomas Kersting <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332233249112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> &#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221; that he&#8217;s not surprised by the study&#8217;s findings. 
“You look at … all the messaging in society and it’s sort of like everything is about advancing within minorities … and young men, young boys sort of being left out; they&#8217;re sort of being left behind,&#8221; Kersting said. &#8220;And then you have politicians out there saying things like the number one problem in America is white men and things of that nature, but I think 12th-grade boys are kind of seeing through this.” 
“We’re creating this idea that if you’re a male, then there’s something wrong with that and that you’re bad,” he added. 
According to Monitoring the Future, liberal high school boys outnumbered conservatives in the late 1970s, during the Jimmy Carter presidency, and for a brief time in the late 2000s, while President Barack Obama was in the White House. Since 2016, however, the trend toward conservatism for high school boys has grown considerably. 
High school girls, on the other hand, have drastically moved to the Left in the past decade, a trend also shown by recent Gallup <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3675477-young-women-are-trending-liberal-young-men-are-not/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polls</a>. Young women are shifting Left as the Democratic Party doubles down on its commitment to ensuring abortion access after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last summer. 
As boys in high school shift to the Right, fewer young men are graduating from America’s universities, which many conservatives believe have become beacons of leftist ideology. In the 2018-2019 academic year, just 74 men <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-male-college-crisis-is-not-just-in-enrollment-but-completion/#:~:text=Over%201.1%20million%20women%20received,master's%20degree%2C%20relative%20to%20women." target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> a bachelor’s degree for every 100 women who completed their program. As of 2023, 64% of women at public universities were graduating compared to 58% of men. In overall enrollment, women are outnumbering men by almost 60% to 40%, <a href="https://hechingerreport.org/an-unnoticed-result-of-the-decline-of-men-in-college-its-harder-for-women-to-get-in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. 
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While high school boys trend to the Right and girls move to the Left, most high school students, regardless of gender, don’t consider themselves conservative or liberal. More than 40% responded to the liberal-conservative question on the survey saying, &#8220;None of the above” or “I don’t know.”

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A 28-year-old woman from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-migrant-caravan-forms-in-honduras-looking-to-make-the-deadly-journey-to-the-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Honduras</a> who illegally entered the U.S. attended a Louisiana high school for an entire academic year using fake documents to pose as a 17-year-old, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff said Wednesday.
In the fall of 2021, Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano came to the U.S. to live with her mother, Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado, 46, who was residing in the country on an expired visa. Serrano-Alvarado allegedly used a fake passport and birth certificate to enroll Gutierrez-Serrano at Hahnville High School in Boutte, about 30 miles west of New Orleans, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/28-year-woman-arrested-allegedly-enrolling-high-school/story?id=100067856">reported</a>.
“We were provided basically with a birth certificate from the country of Honduras which indicated that the student in question was 17 years old,” Sheriff Greg Champagne said. “The school system had done a preliminary investigation and they had determined — literally within a day and a half of receiving the tip — that, in fact, the student was overage and determined that it was quite likely that the birth certificate was counterfeit.”
The school district opened an internal investigation four days after the end of the school year upon receiving a tip that a 17-year-old female student might actually be in her mid-20s. Champagne said he saw a photograph of the 28-year-old woman taken by the U.S. government before she was released into the country and said: “She could very easily be taken for a young teenager.”
Gutierrez-Serrano attended the school for the entirety of the 2022-2023 school year to learn English, according to the sheriff.
&#8220;She was in school, she minded her own business, she did her schoolwork, she caused no trouble,&#8221; Champagne said. &#8220;She wanted to learn English.&#8221;
Gutierrez-Serrano and her mother were both arrested and charged with one count of injuring public records.
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&#8220;Unfortunately, whether it was her decision or her mother&#8217;s decision, it&#8217;s certainly bad judgment to submit a falsified document to the government,” the sheriff said.
The school district said in a <a href="https://www.wbir.com/article/news/nation-world/28-year-old-woman-posed-as-high-school-student/507-f1dd0633-f4d8-4443-ae21-7aa93320929c">statement</a> that it “will enhance processes to determine the authenticity of enrollment documents for current and future students as well as modify policy and procedures as warranted.”

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28-Year-Old Illegal Immigrant Arrested After Allegedly Posing As Teenager To Attend High School

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Four young Connecticut women who consistently had to race against boys in high school track meets, causing them to lose races they could have otherwise won, are suing the Connecticut Association of Schools, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC), and their local school districts to challenge the policies that allowed the boys to compete against them.
 The CIAC’s policy allowed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-two-transgenders-blow-out-girls-state-meet-hank-berrien" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two males to compete in girls’ athletic competitions</a> beginning in the 2017 track season. Those boys took 15 women’s state championship titles (titles held in 2016 by nine different Connecticut girls) and took more than 85 opportunities to participate in higher-level competitions from female track athletes in the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons alone.
The <a href="https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/SouleEnBancReplyBrief.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> from Chelsea Mitchell, 20, Selina Soule, 20, Ashley Nicoletti, 19, and Alanna Smith, 19, who all ran high school track, notes that the defendants claim that the plaintiffs (the girls) experienced no real harm. The lawsuit responds to this claim by contending that, “[The] CIAC’s policy forced all named Plaintiffs to compete against biological males, causing them to lose high-level opportunities to compete and/or medals or other accolades,” the lawsuit notes.
“At the end of the day, this is just about fairness,” star runner Mitchell told <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/runner-chelsea-mitchell-who-lost-to-trans-athletes-this-is-about-fairness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>. “This is about biology. I wanted to give voice to my story and help other girls out there so that they wouldn’t have to experience this.”
“Just two athletes took so many opportunities away from biological females,” Mitchell added. “Even though there were only two of them, they took 15 state championships away from other girls — and there were 85 girls that were directly impacted from them being in the races.”
In Mitchell’s first statewide competition, she competed against a boy who knocked her out of qualifying for the next round of competition. “It was just obvious to everyone there that they had a huge advantage. Everyone could see it,” Mitchell recalled. She lost two all-New England awards and four girls’ state championships as a consequence of competing against boys. “Having to lose four of them, time after time, and trying to pick yourself up and go back to the starting line again and again was really hard because you knew each time that there was no hope to win,” she remembered.
Mitchell and the other girls had to compete regularly against two boys who regularly blew past girls in track competitions: <a href="https://pjmedia.com/parenting/tyler-o-neil/2017/06/07/male-transgender-sprinter-wins-girls-state-championship-as-a-freshman-n111815" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andraya Yearwood</a> and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-teens-outrun-track-field-competitors-critics-close/story?id=55856294" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terry Miller</a>.
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Cromwell&#39;s Andraya Yearwood is a state champion in the 100 dash. Ran 12.66 to win in 1st appearance at Class M Championships. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cttrack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cttrack</a> <a href="https://t.co/8RELfAEeLF">pic.twitter.com/8RELfAEeLF</a>
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“I think it’s unfair to the girls who work really hard to do well and qualify for Opens and New Englands, Soule <a href="http://www.courant.com/sports/high-schools/hc-sp-hs-transgender-high-school-athletes-0520-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-testid="prism-linkbase">told the Hartford Courant</a> in 2018. “These girls, they’re just coming in and beating everyone. I have no problem with them wanting to be a girl.”
“We were the first girls to speak out about this issue, but now there are so many more girls speaking out about their own experiences and standing up with us,” Mitchell concluded. “The more of us there are, the easier it gets.”

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