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To: Honey_Bee who wrote (184)10/14/2013 11:14:35 PM
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Principal shuts down Pledge of Allegiance (Govt shutdown?)
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Jouranal Star.com ^ | 10/14/2013


ALLIANCE — A western Nebraska high school that didn't recite the Pledge of Allegiance one day last week because of the partial government shutdown won't be doing that again.

On Oct. 7, Alliance High School Principal Pat Jones told students they wouldn't be reciting the pledge that day, pointing out that the federal government has been partially shut down since Oct. 1.

Some students were outraged by the decision, and one woman said her son stood up in class and recited the pledge anyway.

The school in the Nebraska Panhandle city of about 8,500 has about 500 students.

On Monday, Jones declined to comment and referred questions to the district superintendent, Troy Unzicker.

Unzicker said Jones hadn't cleared his plan with administrators beforehand, but Unzicker said he soon heard about it after school board members started getting calls and emails from parents. Near as he knew, Unzicker said, all the calls were critical of Jones.

Under district policy, time is set aside each school day for teachers to lead their classes in the pledge. Unzicker wouldn't say whether Jones had been disciplined for the apparent policy violation.

Jones did get students talking about government, the superintendent said.

"There were some positive aspects that came out of it, but (skipping the pledge) is not something we will do again," Unzicker said.
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