Cy-Fair ISD Student Says She Was Suspended for Sitting During Pledge
Style Magazine Newswire | 10/13/2017, 9:49 a.m.
India Landry
Source: KHOU
India Landry is a Cy-Fair ISD senior at Windfern High School who is no longer sure when she’ll be able to graduate after she says she was kicked out of school for not standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. It’s something she says she’s done for years, but it was never a problem until now. Her mother says they’ve tried to work it out, but then the district began citing India’s grades and absences. Months away from graduating, India says she may only have two options: stand or get her diploma. The school district has a policy that if you don’t say the Pledge of Allegiance; you still stand unless you have a note from your parents. India’s mother tried to write a note but was told her daughter will not be allowed back at all until she stands, with or without that note. KHOU 11 also reached out to a civil rights attorney who said this is was a violation of India’s First Amendment right because the school is public and is treated like a government.
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