School board meeting heats up over Confederate flag at high school
Posted: Jul 14, 2015 11:47 PM EDT
Updated: Jul 15, 2015 12:02 AM EDT
By Juliana Valencia
By Michael Bradford
UNION CITY, Tenn. - A debate on the Confederate flag heated up at a local school board meeting, with members calling for action. Obion County Central High school alums say the Rebel Man and flag have been a part of their school for as long as they can remember.
The district superintendent decided last week that the Confederate flag in front of the high school should be painted over after the shootings in Charleston, S.C. That made a lot of people upset.
Obion County Board of Education members wanted to address the issue Tuesday night. However, Chairman Brian Rainey says because it was a special called meeting with a set agenda they couldn't. He called the Tennessee Board of Education for permission to change it, but by law they said he couldn’t change a set agenda for a special called meeting.
The superintendent, Russell Davis, says ... his top priority is student safety ...
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