THREE RIVERS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Three weeks after Three Rivers Community Schools teachers were told by administrators to take down pride flags hanging in their classrooms the district’s school board has reversed that decision.
Monday night was the board’s first public meeting since the policy was announced. The meeting had to be moved from the administration building to the high school’s performing arts center right across the street due to a massive attendance.
WOOD-TV 8 reports that during a lengthy public comment section, an overwhelming majority of public comments were against the district’s orders to have teachers take down any LGBTQ flags hung in classrooms.
School board members were in closed session for more than two hours before returning with their decision. They voted unanimously to allow the flags back up in classrooms and to create a “classroom display policy” with community input in the coming months.
Interim Superintendent Nikki Nash says details on how the community can provide feedback on this policy will be released in the new year.
