Letter to the editor: No respect for flag at Shaw’s

I happened to be in the Vergennes Shaw’s today and noted an egregious violation of the Flag Code of the United States of America, with a folding lawn chair made of the American Flag. Is it now acceptable to sit on the flag?

After almost 90% of students stayed away from Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School on Friday, Dec. 3, attendance returned to almost normal this week, though not fully.

Officials from three county law enforcement agencies stood by this morning at Mount Abraham Union High School, which was on full alert after some students had threatened to bring weapons to school following a school ban on flag-related attire.

Middlebury Union Middle School on Monday implemented a ban on all flag-related attire, one of several new strategies aimed at addressing student behavior issues that have made for turbulent times at MUMS since the beginning of this academic year.

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