FOX News has this sad tale of 5 American high school students who were sent home for wearing shirts with an American flag theme on Cinco de Mayo (which is not even a major Mexican holiday).
The five teens -- Galli, Austin Carvalho, Matt Dariano, Dominic Maciel and Clayton Howard -- were sitting at a table outside Live Oak High School Wednesday morning when Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez asked two of them to remove their American flag bandannas, one of the boys' parents told FoxNews.com. The youths complied, but were asked to accompany Rodriguez to the principal's office.
The students were then told they must turn their T-shirts inside-out or be sent home, though it would not be considered a suspension. Rodriguez told the students he did not want any fights to break out between Mexican-American students celebrating their heritage and those wearing American flags, the parent said.
But Jones said the preemptive action was unnecessary, and that Rodriguez "overstepped his bounds...."
UPDATE: KSBW-TV reports that a teacher in California (where else?) found one student's representation of the American flag "offensive," but praised another student's drawing of President Obama.
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