In Arlington, Massachusetts, an inbound freshman noticed that there were no American flags anywhere, and nobody recited the Pledge of Allegiance. So he got active; working with his fellow students, there's now a flag in every classroom. But the school board balked at that whole Pledge of Allegiance thing: The Arlington, Mass., school committee has rejected the 17-year-old's request to allow students to voluntarily recite the Pledge of Allegiance, because some educators are concerned that it would be hard to find teachers willing to recite it, according to a report in the Arlington Patch.
Note to the board: if your "teachers" aren't willing to recite it, keep them away from my kids.
