Poudre May Not Have Fixed It After All

This week Greeley Report published an unedited photo snapped at Bauder Elementary school in Ft. Collins.  It showed a proudly hanging Saudi Arabian flag elevated above a drooping U.S. flag, which is not merely unpatriotic and disrespectful.  It is a violation of Federal law.  Thanks to you, the readers, Poudre Schools was contacted multiple times and claimed to have fixed the flags.  Greeley Report received an e-mail to this effect from the District, requesting we publish this information.  We did so in good faith, but also requested two items.  The first was photo verification of the present location of the flags.  The second was that a few questions be answered.  Poudre Schools has done neither of these things.  They are nothing less than arrogant.

The School District claims that the photo was snapped before school opened for the season.  This is all the more concerning.  Who put the U.S. flag in a subservient position to the Saudi Arabian flag?  It was clearly a School official.  We want to know details.   Is this subtle jihad against America?  Secondly, we discovered the school has flags from multiple nations, because of the multicultural backgrounds of the students.  What is the U.S. school teaching these students about patriotism, the United States, and the importance of the pledge of allegiance to only one flag; the flag of the United States of America?  We want to know.  How will they use this incident as a teaching moment with faculty, staff and students, to promote patriotism?  Again, we want to know.

Poudre told us they fixed the issue.  However, they have blatantly ignored both the questions and the request for a photo.  "Trust, but verify," was Ronald Reagan's mantra.  That's what we request; verification.  Contact them, and demand the truth for yourself by calling or e-mailing.  Here is their contact information.

Danielle Clark is the Director of Communications for Poudre School District.  Her e-mail address is daclark@psdschools.org.   The PSD Support Services Center can be reached at 970-482-7420.  We have cooperated in good faith.  They have done nothing.  For all we know, they are still flying the flags as shown in the original photo.  It seems they want us out of the way, so they can continue to do whatever they want.  Spread the word again.  It's time legislators, citizens, and political activists get involved.  They may still be breaking the law.

Comments

[Konnie]

David, you are an idiot. I can safely say that since you believe this is of no consequence. Heads should roll, and parents should be pulling their kids out of these propaganda mills.

[Dennis]

My kids, who attend a local public high school tell me that the events of 9-11 aren't taught in their history classes. How long before it becomes history?

86% of Americans believe in a Christian God. Why are we not heard?

[Dr. Deano]

@david: You're come off as an airhead.

First because of your twit-like spelling and structure (regardless of what you think, writing like that in a comments section does not make you look hip or cool - exactly the opposite).

Second, it is pretty amazing that you don't seem to get, or care about, or both, the very significant issue presented by the placement, in an American government school, of the flag of a theocratic state who is inarguably NOT a great friend of our nation.

[Wayne]

David,
Seriously, yes we have nothing better to do. This is a violation of Federal law, and should be treated with all the seriousness that violations of Federal law entail. The Saudi flag display is so wrong on so many levels that your flippant attitude to it is also of troubling concern.

[Dustin]

David, some people care about whether their kids are being brainwashed.

It's just a fact of life that government workers, especially unionized public school teachers, will often try to inject their political agenda into their work. They should be teaching math, reading, science, history. Not posting a 'There is no God but Allah' flag over the US Flag to send a message that it's cool and worldly to disrespect one's homeland.

The same teachers who put this Islamist flag up there would scream if they saw a Christian equivalent, and what's concerning is that 99% of their indoctrination cannot be captured on a camera. You never see it. This flag is the tip of the iceberg.

One problem is simply that this kind of thing is wrong, but the other is that the teachers probably aren't doing their jobs if they are busy with this kind of crap.

It makes the school look terrible, and any normal adult would take notice.

[11B40]

Greetings:

If I may attempt to add a bit more fuel to your flags flire, my understanding is that the scribblings on the Saudi Arabian flag are the Islamic call to their faith "There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet" which would seem to introduce a separation of mosque and state issue in my mind.

Also, when the American flag is displayed with other flags, isn't it supposed to be on its own right?

[David]

seriously? u guys dont have ne thing else better 2 do?