Lawrence County High School suspends students for flag

Three Lawrence County High School students were suspended two days each after waving rebel flags during last week’s homecoming parade, school officials said.
Superintendent Heath Grimes said it was an unfortunate incident that overshadowed what was otherwise an excellent homecoming week.
School officials said the students pulled the flags out after the truck they were riding in left school property.
Officials said in the future school staff members would watch along parade routes to make sure this kind of incident did not happen again.
“As a school system, we are regretful this incident happened,” Grimes said. “As always, it is our goal to see our system reflected positively because of our events as opposed to our events bringing attention to our system in a negative and harmful light.”