High School Student Forced to Remove American Flag From Truck

Getting to drive to high school in your own truck is something a teenager never forgets. Sometimes teens get overly creative with different things on their cars to customize them so we stand out from others.

For one high school student in Oklahoma, the customization of his truck sparked some controversy when he pulled into the parking lot.

Oklahoma High School Student Forced to Remove American Flag From Truck

Edmond North High School senior Caleb Horst said school officials told him on Aug. 21 that it was school practice not to bring flags onto campus.

However, Horst told local news station KOCO that he’s been flying the flag from his truck “for quite a while” without any problems.

Someone saw it on this day, though, and decided it was against the school’s policy.

The Edmond Public Schools officials tell Fox News, “It is the practice of Edmond Public Schools to not permit students to fly or bring flags of any kind on our school campuses. This is designed to prevent disruptions and distractions during the school day.”

After other students got wind of what happened, they showed up with American flags on their cars and circled the school in protest.

The superintendent of the school district, Ryan Walters, got word of this and immediately fired off some scathing remarks about a school under his own umbrella.

“No school in Oklahoma should tell students they can’t wave an American flag. We’ve had Americans die for that flag, die for students to have the right to carry the flag, to wave the flag, to be proud of that American flag.”

Walters continued, “My department right now is working on guidelines that we will be issuing to districts to ensure that no student is ever targeted for having an American flag and also that our schools will promote patriotism.”

It seems like this event is going to spark a major change for this school district, and possibly others will follow.

It’s a tricky situation with the First Amendment and schools, but this is certainly not a case of something offensive.

Evan Paul is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show heard on more than 130 country radio stations nationwide, every night from 7PM to midnight. The radio show reaches over 21 million listeners per week. He plays the best new country music and interviews today’s top stars, like Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Dan + Shay, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Lady A, + more!